The Puffer Forum

You're getting that tank just in time! Does it come with everything? Do you know how long it's been empty?

its a never been used tank, it comes with lid and stand, for 100$, then i need to get rocks, i think a filter sys and lots more water conditioning things and a couple more tests, i have a hydrometer and ammonia test, i need nitrate test for sure. i hope they chipper up once they get moved!

Gonna buy all that stuff & set up tomorrow?

Did you read this library/water-filtration/emergencycycle/.

yay! So glad you're getting a 55gallon tank! Get them in there as soon as you can.

trekenk wrote:Yes get them in the 55 gallon ASAP. I doubt whether that 5 gallon is cycled anyways. as the OP stated in their first post they didn't know how to cycle a tank.

That's what I get for not reading the thread

ok 55 gallon tank is set up, i did let it run overnight, fish move in today, i used the aquasafe and also did an emergency cycle with some biosripa. They look much happier, swimming all over. the ph, ammonia, nitrate and nitrite tests all show that they are acceptable. I am going to do a water change today as well, or should i not?

Wow. Good job! It's so nice to get new responsible puffer owners You've worked hard with these guys!

I would hold off on the water change if nothing is wrong. I'd think it would be best to let that bacteria settle down out of the water column before removing water.

Agreed, let the bacteria take hold. Did you add it directly to the filter? What's the SG of that tank? I thought Bio-Spira was made just for SW now.

Hard works pays off in the end! I hope they grow fast, they look SO lost in that huge tank! whats SG mean? the directions said to put the bacteria into to filter and let it cycle through the water for 2 days, i only let it go one, it said it would make water immediately safe for fish.

Specific gravity, the measurement of salt content in a BW/SW tank, measured with a hydrometer or refractometer. What does the package of B-S say? If it's for FW, I'm afraid it's long expired. They stopped making FW B-S quite some time ago.

Specific Gravity is at 1.005, measured with a hydrometer, b-s is for salt water

Yeah, not the right bacteria for <1.005. You might be OK though, with the large amount of dilution in that tank.

oh crap. should i do anything else? also i know i was way over feeding them before, but how much should i feed them a day? they wont really eat the bloodworms, mostly krill, wont touch the fish flakes i was told they eat, and i cant find snails small enough in this town

Try any shelled meat from your grocers seafood department. ie. a clam, shrimp, mussel