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what kind of gravel should i use?
Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 12:54 am
by htse
i recently bought a fahaka from someone, and i dunno what type of gravel should i use, currently there is no any gravel, im planning to use some white sand since if i use black sand the fahaka will be too dark which i want it to have brighter color. and i dunno why the fahaka i bought, the end of its tail is colorless, just transparent, but the other part is yellow. what can i do with that? also the fahaka over weights a lot, how can i help him to get skinnier? he's 8" eats 1 tiger shrimp everyday after i bought it. very active fish
Re: what kind of gravel should i use?
Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 2:06 am
by Pufferpunk
Any substrate is fine, as long as it's rinsed well.
Filbert loves his disco gravel:
It's about 40% black sand.
Re: what kind of gravel should i use?
Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 8:18 am
by htse
Pufferpunk wrote:Any substrate is fine, as long as it's rinsed well.
Filbert loves his disco gravel:
It's about 40% black sand.
what about the tail problem and how to lose weight?
Re: what kind of gravel should i use?
Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 9:45 am
by purplecandle
He needs more variety in is diet..and is his tank big enough for him to get exercise in?
Do you have a picture of the tail. Could me just his natural coloration "for now".
Re: what kind of gravel should i use?
Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 10:37 am
by htse
purplecandle wrote:He needs more variety in is diet..and is his tank big enough for him to get exercise in?
Do you have a picture of the tail. Could me just his natural coloration "for now".
He's size is 8" and currently in a 50 gallon tank 3' x 18"x 18" he swims around all over the tank I have had him for only a few days. What should I feed him to bring his colour back?? I'll upload a pic by tonight
Re: what kind of gravel should i use?
Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 10:42 am
by Pufferpunk
Soak his food in a good liquid fish vitamin. Only feed him every 3 days & vary his diet more:
library/feeding/feeding-your-puffers/
Re: what kind of gravel should i use?
Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 12:01 pm
by htse
What kind of vitamin?? Where can I buy the vitamins??
Re: what kind of gravel should i use?
Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 12:38 pm
by Tonke
Hi.
Im using sandblasting sand and my puffer just love to burrow down in it
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It's basically fine grinded sand ment for sandblasting cabinets, but it works really fine in the tank and it looks good too.
Re: what kind of gravel should i use?
Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 12:39 pm
by Pufferpunk
Most LFS or large chain should carry Vita-Chem or Zoe vits.