gsp or ceylon and how best to cycle and decorate tank

[Pufferpunk]

I doubt the SG at the shop will be very high. Do you know what it is?

[kimmers318]

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i think i read somewhere i couldnt use the mature filter media from the freshwater if i was going to put it into a brackish tank, altho i could be way off.[/quote]

I am curious about the answer to this because when I get to move onto a puff bigger than my dwarves it will most likely go into a current fw tank, and since I haven't ruled out brackish puffs that is of interest to me.

[Pufferpunk]

I believe the changeover from FW-SW bacteria happens around 1.010. I'd go no higher than 1.008 to be sure.

[kimmers318]

Thanks for the information....do you have any suggestions on books and/or articles that go further into detail on the fw/bw/sw levels and how they affect bacteria? Something I will need to completely understand BEFORE I consider the possibility of a bw puff. I don't want to make any mistakes when the time comes that could have been avoided. All of the information I have found so far tells you how to bring the salinity up etc, but haven't seen anything mentioned that a different bacteria needs to culture for the higher salinity levels. If I am understanding correctly....once you get to a certain level of salinity your tank needs to re-cyle to establish the sw bacteria...this sounds like it could be bad going from a new puff in low brackish that needs to gradually be changed over to higher brackish or marine.

[Boxermom]

http://homepage.mac.com/nmonks/aquaria/ ... part1.html

[kimmers318]

Thanks Boxermom...I have added that page to my favorites to be able to read and study for when the time comes. I am sure there will still be plenty of questions from me still in the future.