The Puffer Forum

I have a Salifert nitrate test that has 2 seperate powders to use & then you have th shake the vial for 1 minute & wait to read of after another 3.

I would have never known if you hadn't told me, Nick.
I figure the instructions on the back of the color keys are pretty self-explanatory. But the picture they showed for shaking the #2 bottle had the same markings as the picture showing you to "invert the test tube several times." lol. So that's what I had been doing.

Anywho, I'm hoping to raise the SG of my tank in these next couple of weeks. Perhaps to about 1.010 as he's right around 2" at the moment. Unfortunately, with that comes some redecorating. I'm happy with the tank as it is, and so is the puffer it seems. But the anacharis and drift wood are going to have to go. Grr.

Does anyone know where I can find fake driftwood or something that will be fine in brackish-marine water and looks nice?

Petsmart has some nice fake mangrove roots.

Thanks, Pufferpunk. I shall have to look online since there's no Petsmart around here.

-Frustration- I have not messed with the tank today, other than test for nitrates. But around 9:00 tonight I noticed my puffer running into things again and this time he is yellowish in color. I turned the filter off again. Changed out 5gal and immediately he seemed to be doing better. But now, 3 hours later, he is still yellow and bumping into things just a tad.

I really don't know what's wrong. o.O Is he pressuring me to put him in a higher salinity?

I don't know this to be expressly true, but i have been raising my salinity for a little while now. I had one that was running into things when i was at 1.006 but i think I spooked him one day while cleaning, and he just got mad at me. He was pretty skittish for a while, and i saw him flitting about quickly and running into things. But he's better now. As far as yellowing, I have not ever seen that, but I am new to this puffer thing. So maybe he is just being crabby?