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thank you by the way daff, i switch it up every couple months so my little dude doesnt get bored

next month im probably going to start to add some plants too!

xmikebrock wrote:thank you by the way daff, i switch it up every couple months so my little dude doesnt get bored

next month im probably going to start to add some plants too!

who do you keep in this tank? i am going to trya nd fix some java ferns to the rocks

I think it's a great idea. It's very porous rock, so will be perfect for the colonization of bacteria. I've done this same thing, but the rock is all in my sump. Not in the display.

right now, i have a GSP a few guppies and a school of 7 preacox rainbows

oh !

and a pleco
a crayfish
and some kind of geo cichlid

i like the hornwort in there idk why i just like it
and i get it from where i work so its all good

i have put the rock in and the my dwarf puffers, i have used play sand and have 3 java ferns in it, looks quite nice, really pleased with the result, your gsp in frshwater? how long has he been in there? he ok with other fish? cheers

youre gonna have to put up some pics!

haah, well, ,,i kinda screwed up with my GSP
at first i ha him in FW, then i slowly brought him up to high end BW, then slowly into full SW, then back down to BW, then back to FW

and thats where he is now =/

ive had him for almost 2.5 years

and hes small, i think i might have of stunted him a little...
hes about 2 inches, maybe a little less

hes fine with the other fish. hes the most peaceful GSP ive seen/heard of/read about
=)

The rock will still affect the chemistry of the FW tank, it will push the pH and KH up. I would not keep any rainforest fish in that tank.

GSPs are not, repeat not either FW or community fish. Keeping it in FW is not good practice.

How large is the tank?

xmikebrock wrote:right now, i have a GSP a few guppies and a school of 7 preacox rainbows

oh !

and a pleco
a crayfish
and some kind of geo cichlid

i like the hornwort in there idk why i just like it
and i get it from where i work so its all good

This is all in one FW tank??? Mike, you've been here long enough to know better!

!!!
thats bad?!?!?!

You have a high-end BW fish. None of those other fish will appreciate the salinity necessary to keep a GSP happy & long-lived. You've been a member here for 2 years & never knew that?
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i had a gsp he loved guppys, but fro dinner, i fed him 1 a week from my gf's tank, untill she noticed .. but then i gave a tetra and from that point he decided he would like tank mates and never tryed to eat another, i will have to try and upload a pic, im well happy with it, low cost marine look alike, with silver sand and ocean background, i have java ferns and the live rock the dwarfs love the caves and gaps, well chuffed!!!
the ph shouldnt go too high as i do 20% water change every week, should keep it nice!!!

Pufferpunk wrote:You have a high-end BW fish. None of those other fish will appreciate the salinity necessary to keep a GSP happy & long-lived. You've been a member here for 2 years & never knew that?
library/puffers-in-focus/an-introductio ... d-puffers/

how long do gsp live in fw in your experiance? and how long high end brackish?

i did know =/
i know its no excuse, but idk if u remember i put in a previous thread that i had to move all over the place?

i had to consolidate tanks and this was the best thing i could do i thought
i know i kind of screwed my guy over tho, but i wouldnt be able to get rid of the other guys

i was kinda stuck

Are you settled in now?

i will be in a month or two i think
after that i do plan on setting up another tank
and make the 72 gal with lamaldi full marine again


^^^ daff i know that you stopped but i also know that feeding fish to puffers isnt good for them
PP, why arent fish good for puffs to eat?