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Can you have a dirted tank with f8 puffers?
Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 10:52 am
by Johnkerth
Can you have a dirted tank with figure eight puffers? And what does it mean if my puffer has stopped eating bloodworms and wont go after the snails i put in for her?
Re: Can you have a dirted tank with f8 puffers?
Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 10:57 am
by Pufferpunk
What do you mean by "dirted" tank? F8 puffers do best with a substrate of aragonite sand & a specific gravity of 1.005.
I assume since you posted this in the FW puffer forum, you are keeping them in FW? This could be your problem. How did you cycle the tank before adding the puffer? How large is the tank? Any other inhabitants?
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Re: Can you have a dirted tank with f8 puffers?
Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 8:15 am
by RTR
Do you have any test data? Specific gravity? pH? Alkalinity/carbonate-bicarbonate hardness? Ammonia? Nitrite? Nitrate? Tank size?
Re: Can you have a dirted tank with f8 puffers?
Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 7:24 pm
by bertie 83
Was this moved to brackish puffers? Yea a sg of 1.003-1.005. Also interested what dirted means?
Re: Can you have a dirted tank with f8 puffers?
Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 10:01 pm
by Pufferpunk
Yep, I moved it from FW puffers.