yes I did. I brought the PH back to normal Winnipeg water and all has been finebertie 83 wrote:Did you do a couple of large water changes to avoid a ph swing? If not I would recommend doing it now. Cool puffer
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bertie 83
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Brilliant, good work. Bet you are smitten eh?
It's amazing how easy maintenance is. If done regularly and thoroughly
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Yesssssss but now to go find some white sand .... hmmmm or something....
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hey congrats on the new fahaka .....a fine looking specimen 
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xrayjeeper83
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Dont know how easy it would be to find up there but pool filter sand works great, or playsand
RTR wrote:Fahakas do not have tank mates, they may have swimming food reserves.
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suvattii2012
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Use white play sand for children you get a huge 25kg bag for £3
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Re: Baby Puffer ARRIVED!! :D
pool filter sand works great and it cheap
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Thanks!!Puffer King wrote:hey congrats on the new fahaka .....a fine looking specimen
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I actually ended up using silica sand. 7$ a bag x3 50 pound bags. 6 hours later and it looks like a new tank LoL ... Too much work but well worth it!!
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Pics please!!!! He's really gonna appreciate the sand. It will be so much easier to keep clean too!
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Im actually just waiting on the water to settle a bit.. Very foggy. I think I may just have to grab some clearing stuff.
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Here are some pics! Lights, No lights, LEDs, Coral.. SAND!!Srkoe wrote:Pics please!!!! He's really gonna appreciate the sand. It will be so much easier to keep clean too!
After an EPIC FAIL at resticking my background on.... I figured the wall did great too!
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what are you guys using to take those pictures. they are so pretty
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I took the pictures with my phonedmond31 wrote:what are you guys using to take those pictures. they are so pretty
Samsung galaxy S II ... It does take gr8 pictures for a phone! I was sick of carrying around the 400$ camera so I figured Id buy a phone w/ a good camera! Too bad its not waterproof though cause Id love to take underwater shots! But yea thats my tank with my baby fahaka 