The Puffer Forum

Pufferpunk wrote:If you do keep all 3 fish, you're going to have to go a lot bigger than 30g. Start working on getting your mom to let you bring back the other 2 fish. You will soon have to start adding marine salt to Puffy's tank & that will kill the other 2 fish.

well i have been adding a little sea salt here and there

This is not good AT ALL for the other fish.

Is the sea salt the kind you buy at the grocery store?

Pufferpunk wrote:This is not good AT ALL for the other fish.

Maybe that will solve a problem (hint hint)

I agree with PP don't worry about the snails yet. We're still in the cycling phase of the project. Did you change 1/2 the water twice today?

Don't add any salt yet. There are 3 kinds of salt: Epsom, Aquarium and Marine. You don't need any of those yet. Table salt (sea salt) is no good. Save that for your vegetables at dinner time

Thank you for posting the photo!!

It sound like he is doing ok so far

purplecandle wrote:Is the sea salt the kind you buy at the grocery store?

yeah i read it was alright to use to make it bracksh water
i have a question though i mad this little cave out of fish rock from the three gallion tank and hot glued it together is it saft to put in?

nope not safe

the glue will dissolve eventually. not a good idea

J-P wrote:nope not safe

the glue will dissolve eventually. not a good idea

well i made a little cave but its held by hot glue

J-P wrote:

Pufferpunk wrote:This is not good AT ALL for the other fish.

Maybe that will solve a problem (hint hint)

I agree with PP don't worry about the snails yet. We're still in the cycling phase of the project. Did you change 1/2 the water twice today?

Don't add any salt yet. There are 3 kinds of salt: Epsom, Aquarium and Marine. You don't need any of those yet. Table salt (sea salt) is no good. Save that for your vegetables at dinner time

Thank you for posting the photo!!

It sound like he is doing ok so far

ok but i dont like sea salt and it tast like ocean salt to me blah yeah i swam in the ocean and got a mouth full on acedint and ill never forget that tast

hermionejanepotter12 wrote:

J-P wrote:nope not safe

the glue will dissolve eventually. not a good idea

well i made a little cave but its held by hot glue

hot glue will not hold up underwater and may put chemicals into the tank that will kill your puffer

if you want to decorate the tank you can start with a background. Can you paint or draw? It would make a nice scene or background for the tank while you are waiting for the cycle to finish later this week.

You can also start looking for an aquarium test kit. You'll need something to test the water later. Liquid test kits are the best. Check if you can find a "master" test kit. They are very handy. You don't have to buy one right now, but it would be nice to know what the different prices are.

J-P wrote:if you want to decorate the tank you can start with a background. Can you paint or draw? It would make a nice scene or background for the tank while you are waiting for the cycle to finish later this week.

You can also start looking for an aquarium test kit. You'll need something to test the water later. Liquid test kits are the best. Check if you can find a "master" test kit. They are very handy. You don't have to buy one right now, but it would be nice to know what the different prices are.

i can diffently draw on the web sight i gave not only dose it have the pics i took but drawings i have drawn

xrayjeeper83 wrote:

hermionejanepotter12 wrote:

J-P wrote:nope not safe

the glue will dissolve eventually. not a good idea

well i made a little cave but its held by hot glue

hot glue will not hold up underwater and may put chemicals into the tank that will kill your puffer

ok i not going to do that just thought about adding more dacroations to it its kind of naked in a biger tank

adding a background to a tank is always nice and it will help with the wait time

J-P wrote:adding a background to a tank is always nice and it will help with the wait time

true but they like the mirror i would hate to take that away from them

If you can pick ALL the hot glue off those rocks, maybe you could silicone them back together. The cave is a good idea. You just didn't know about the hot melt glue being bad for fish. Be sure to get aquarium silicone at the fish store or in the fish dept. wherever you go.