Baby Puffer ARRIVED!! :D

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Re: Baby Puffer ARRIVED!! :D

Post by ACF »

bertie 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
yes I did. I brought the PH back to normal Winnipeg water and all has been fine :D
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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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Dont know how easy it would be to find up there but pool filter sand works great, or playsand
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Use white play sand for children you get a huge 25kg bag for £3
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pool filter sand works great and it cheap
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Puffer King wrote:hey congrats on the new fahaka .....a fine looking specimen :)
Thanks!!
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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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Srkoe wrote:Pics please!!!! He's really gonna appreciate the sand. It will be so much easier to keep clean too!
Here are some pics! Lights, No lights, LEDs, Coral.. SAND!!
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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Post by ILoveLola »

holy WOW! That looks AMAZING!! :)
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dmond31 wrote:what are you guys using to take those pictures. they are so pretty
I took the pictures with my phone :D 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 ;)
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