The Puffer Forum

You can also in the mean time, raise the salinity in his current tank by 0.002 a week. If you are not wanting to set up a full marine tank at this time, you could just transfer everything in his current tank over to the 55, wait about a week to see if your parameters hold, and raise the salinity by 0.002 a week.
Also double up on the Prime to protect him from the higher nitrates.

As far as this drip system, is the water going into his tank untreated tap water? If so, the chemicals they add to our tap can kill fish, that's why we use products like Prime. If I've misread this, just disregard.
Krill isn't something you want to feed your puffer, it causes lockjaw. Try earthworms, very nutritious, hard to resist.

Found him dead today either from not eating or nitrates not sure. I am frustrated because I did all I knew. As for treating water for a drip system you run it through a chloramine filter, no way to filter nitrates but the drip was on my community tank so 40ppm for cichlids not as bad. Sorry if I was harsh I just wanted to save him like all of you did thank you for helping me even though I was a jerk. Guess I have plenty of time to cycle the 55g now.

Ps I didn't know 30ppm would kill him, or that he wont eat krill. Least I know now they have to east fresh food.

-sad day

I'm sorry you lost him.

sorry for your loss, don't get discouraged though, it happens to all of us.

He might have been harboring an illness as well. I'm sorry for your loss.

cycle up that 55 and get yourself a new friend! you know now what you didnt know before and will only make the next experience better. i cant talk, i lost my GSP almost a year ago and i turned around and sold my set up. i have no animals now, which isnt normal for me. but i had too much time(almost 3 years) and effort put into this one puffer that it felt wrong to replace him. i will get more eventually, but i definitely somewhat regret selling my tank and most supplies, i just dont have the time right now to put into another puffer and setup

Check out my vitamin C dosing chart in the SW forum. Carbon dosing like this can reduce nitrate.

Thanks all I am starting the 55g next week. I will check vitamin c dosing thanks

He's in a 20 gallon FW tank, and your nitrates are a little high, and he should be in at least 1.010 salinity, but for now immediately speaking, continue with the suggested large partial water changes to keep the nitrates under 20.
You are asking about setting up his 55 as marine, read this article, it should answer any questions you have. http://www.reefland.com/forum/saltwater ... arium.html
This process shouldn't be rushed.

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IVY wrote:He's in a 20 gallon FW tank, and your nitrates are a little high, and he should be in at least 1.010 salinity, but for now immediately speaking, continue with the suggested large partial water changes to keep the nitrates under 20.
You are asking about setting up his 55 as marine, read this article, it should answer any questions you have. http://www.reefland.com/forum/saltwater ... arium.html
This process shouldn't be rushed.

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The puffer is dead, and this is again from last year.

It's a spammer

bertie 83 wrote:It's a spammer

Yeah someone else told me lol. I was just thought it was a new member who didn't know how to work the board. Thank you for letting me know though. =]

Yep, they seem to like to latch on to older threads.

nfored wrote:Found him dead today either from not eating or nitrates not sure. I am frustrated because I did all I knew. As for treating water for a drip system you run it through a chloramine filter, no way to filter nitrates but the drip was on my community tank so 40ppm for cichlids not as bad. Sorry if I was harsh I just wanted to save him like all of you did thank you for helping me even though I was a jerk. Guess I have plenty of time to cycle the 55g now.

Ps I didn't know 30ppm would kill him, or that he wont eat krill. Least I know now they have to east fresh food.

-sad day

My Tap water is 40ppm out the tap if you get some plants it will lower it for next time.