The Puffer Forum

Do another one tomorrow. You'd be surprised how much dead stuff n your tank can mess with the quality of the water.

Alright, I think stirring up the sand helped a lot also. I never used to do it and when I did today a lot of crap came up to the surface and I siphoned it all up. How big of a change do you think I should do tomorrow? And should I add more Prime?

Always add Prime with WC. Yes, test beforehand & do 50%,

Thank you VERY MUCH for all your help. I'll do another change tomorrow and add more prime and let you know how everything's going. Thanks again.

Awesome, very good to hear!

So I stirred up the sand some more today, did another water change, and added more prime and the levels are even further down! Now there are no nitrates whatsoever and barely any nitrites=] any chance I can hold off on another change for a few days though? As you all know, salt isn't too cheap lol and I feel like I'm really stressing out the little guy by having to take him out of his tank everyday for a change..

Why are you removing the fish? I have never moved any fish during a WC.

I don't have another heater to heat the water I'm doing the change with to the same degree as the water in the tank so I take him out and put him in another small tank with some of his tank water. Then I do the change and add the new water and give it about 20 minutes to heat up to normal temp and then put him back in. Is that not okay to do?..

I agree--that is stressful for him. Get another small heater.

Okay I'll be sure to do that soon. But can I hold off on water changes for a few days?

Not if you're showing nitrite.

Alright I'll do one tomorrow

Stop taking him out of the tank.

Alright, I'll probably pick up a small heater tomorrow