First Day in the Tank

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JustChillBr0
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First Day in the Tank

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I just got two F8s today and added them to a newly cycled 30 gallon tank... I follow lots of tips and directions given on this forum so I should be fine(Both are Healthy). My main question is: What are typical behaviors to been seen in the next few days?
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Re: First Day in the Tank

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Hello,

darker stomach, not eating, hiding, afraid of light.
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Re: First Day in the Tank

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i witnessed one of my puffers like rub against one of the caves but they both look healthy no white spots at all
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Keep a very close eye could be the start of ich
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wht would be a good way to preventthe spread of ich from this point on
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What salinity you running at?
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Stress can really bring ich out. Could someone post the link to rtrs salt and heat method please? Thanks. Basically you raise the temperature a bit and add salt. The temp speeds up the ich's lifecycle and the salt stops it in it's tracks, once the article has been linked have a good read, then read it again. First time I used it I messed up and stopped treatment far too soon, after a few months the ich returned.
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How did you "newly cycle" the tank?
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How did you "newly cycle" the tank? +1
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@ bertie: i'm running at 1.004 becuase thats where they came from slowly building up tho
@ puffer punk/tj: I used Bio-Spira... I really went off of this site and only this site for: cycling tips, tank setup, requirements, etc.
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Ok you will almost definitely need to do large daily waterchanges. What are your water readings? If you don't have a good liquid test kit already you need one now. Your ammonia will most likely spike and this can kill. You need to keep a really close eye on your water readings to be safe. I am not trying to scare you as we will get you through this. If your readings are out of whack do a large 50% partial or more
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Re: First Day in the Tank

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I will do that asap... on the other hand i've been thinking maybe it already had it when i bought it...
* edit: can you give me an example of results i should looking to get from the test
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It's quite common for puffers to get ich when stressed out, especially when coming from a store. Thankfully it's easy to treat :)
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Harlequins, CAE's, Yoyo
Loaches, Clown loaches ,Eels, various shrimp, tangs,wrasses, damsels, chromis
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Yes stress can make ich rear it's ugly head. Your tests should read o amm o nitri less than 20 nitra. So you have a test kit? If so what you reading now?
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Re: First Day in the Tank

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i still need to get one D:... can somebody tell me what Bio-Spira does cause that is what i used( not for the reading but for cycling) maybe that help you guys help me?
My Puffers:(age according to date bought)
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Wafer(3 days)
Tunes (2 Days)

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