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Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 11:36 pm
by Dawgz
they were in a bigger tank that was divided, the other side had a dog face puffer.
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 11:50 pm
by Pufferpunk
Well, as long as your tank isn't cycled anyway, you'll be doing 50% daily water changes for a while, so you can get the SG down to the proper measurement of 1.005 in no time. Don't lower the SG more than .002/day.
Just curious, how old are you BTW?
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 11:55 pm
by Dawgz
wait do a water change every day? why is that?, and i checked the salinity agian, i forgot to tap the "air bubbles" im new to the hydrometer thing, and it was reading 1.016....and im 20 years old.
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 11:56 pm
by Dawgz
if i do a water change everyday? do i add more salt in? or no...how do i go about doing this?
also when u said "Don't lower the SG more than .002/day. " how do i know if im lowering it by .002 ? better yet, how do u ownly lower it by .002.
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 12:47 am
by Pufferpunk
Sounds like you're in a bit over your head w/this puffer.
You will have to do all those water changes, cause your tank isn't cycled & the puffer will be poisoned by it's own waste.
Read:
http://www.piranha-fury.com/information ... id=cycling
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 9:25 am
by Dawgz
ok....but u said to do a 50% water change, if i do that today wont that lower the salinity? wat do after i add th 50% back with fresh water, do i mix a cup of salt before hand?
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 10:34 am
by lorimac40
The LFS in Minneapolis keeps there f-8 in full marine too, I mentioned to the owner that they were best kept in brackish and he said " on all my diving trips I have seen them in full salt to fresh so they are fine " some of them have been there for 6 weeks and seem fine @ right now but you can tell their color is kinda dull.
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 11:06 am
by lorimac40
Dawgz, Where do you live?
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 12:48 pm
by Pufferpunk
Yes, you need to lower the salinity to 1.005 (slowly), which is the best for these puffers. Your LFS is keeping them in way too much salt.
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 4:31 pm
by Dawgz
lorimac40 wrote:Dawgz, Where do you live?
im in NJ.
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 5:43 pm
by Dawgz
oh and also, when i went to one of the petstores, i asked for biospira and they had it in the freezer!, i looked on the back of the package and it said do not freeze or expose to heat, haha and they were selling it for 20 dollars! the one that'll cover a 30 gallon tank..... isnt that stuff like 8 bux?