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I just got two F8s today and added them to a newly cycled 30 gallon tank... I follow lots of tips and directions given on this forum so I should be fine(Both are Healthy). My main question is: What are typical behaviors to been seen in the next few days?

Hello,

darker stomach, not eating, hiding, afraid of light.

i witnessed one of my puffers like rub against one of the caves but they both look healthy no white spots at all

Keep a very close eye could be the start of ich

wht would be a good way to preventthe spread of ich from this point on

What salinity you running at?

Stress can really bring ich out. Could someone post the link to rtrs salt and heat method please? Thanks. Basically you raise the temperature a bit and add salt. The temp speeds up the ich's lifecycle and the salt stops it in it's tracks, once the article has been linked have a good read, then read it again. First time I used it I messed up and stopped treatment far too soon, after a few months the ich returned.

How did you "newly cycle" the tank?
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How did you "newly cycle" the tank? +1

@ bertie: i'm running at 1.004 becuase thats where they came from slowly building up tho
@ puffer punk/tj: I used Bio-Spira... I really went off of this site and only this site for: cycling tips, tank setup, requirements, etc.

Ok you will almost definitely need to do large daily waterchanges. What are your water readings? If you don't have a good liquid test kit already you need one now. Your ammonia will most likely spike and this can kill. You need to keep a really close eye on your water readings to be safe. I am not trying to scare you as we will get you through this. If your readings are out of whack do a large 50% partial or more

I will do that asap... on the other hand i've been thinking maybe it already had it when i bought it...
* edit: can you give me an example of results i should looking to get from the test

It's quite common for puffers to get ich when stressed out, especially when coming from a store. Thankfully it's easy to treat

Yes stress can make ich rear it's ugly head. Your tests should read o amm o nitri less than 20 nitra. So you have a test kit? If so what you reading now?

i still need to get one D:... can somebody tell me what Bio-Spira does cause that is what i used( not for the reading but for cycling) maybe that help you guys help me?