GSP, new sand, and now its not cycled anymore...

[cobra1713]

wow realy? ok well in that case ill just stick to water changes lol i didnt think there beaks were that sharp dang,.

i think its alreay doing better i did another small like 30 % water change realquick and then tested the water like 2 hours later and i didnt get and amonia or nitrite readings so im gonna hope for the best through the night and check them first thing in the morning

[Nick]

With any luck all the bacteria from the big filter filled right in and rebalanced the tank.

[cobra1713]

WOW ok well it seems like i have a whole new puffer!!!

i when out and bought a small back of marine salt and did an 80 % water change and replaced the old water with pre mixed 1.008 true sea salt water and he is amazing.

he was always active but never like this all his color is back and he is just awesome... he just loves to investigate all the plants and swim around thank again for all the help...now im gonna start another post asking for a guide on how i will eventually get him to a comlete marine set up but ill start that in the proper forum thank you again!!!!

[Happy_Puffer]

I am so happy about your puffer! Do you have any pictures of him?

[cobra1713]

i will try and grab some next time i get a chance...only have my crappy cell phone camera but ill see what i can do...i think im gonna get some mroe decorations cus he keeps pacine on the glass

[cobra1713]

oops well first time trying to post pics so i tried as attachments so ill see if this works and if not ill post them on my photobucket anddo the url thing...

theyre bad but you can get the idea of how happy he is now.

[cobra1713]

here's a couple more pics with the sand and marine salt in the tank, still crappy pics but he is much happier now the last change will be a 30 gal...



only problem was that i missed the classic puffer grin he had two seconds earlyier

[Happy_Puffer]

Aww hes cute. I love the little puffer deco that you have is that the one that bubbles? How is the sand going? I am getting ready to change my tank over to sand. But I think I might wait till I get a new tank because I just changed the rocks. Do you like the sand better?

[cobra1713]

yea the puffer deco is supposed to bubble but the air pump i have on the tank is way to powerful so his mouth just stays up all the time so i just got a normal bubble bar lol

yea i really like the sand, i was a really easy change and i think the puffer really likes it. seems alot easier to suction up becdause most of the stuff just stays right on top so its not as hard to clean...yea if your gonna get a new tank then id just wait cus i'd be easier just setting it up with the sand new...i just can't wait till i get some money cus i wanna get a 30 hex and ke it full marine once this guy is ready for it.