The Puffer Forum

Hi,

I am planning on "upgrading" my pea puffer from a 2.5 gallon to a 5 gallon - I plan on getting the five gallon up and running with a heater and a filter (let run for 24 hours) - then I will transfer the filter from the established 2.5 gallon into the 5 gallon - along with decorations, gravel and plants and some of the water - then acclimate puffer to five gallon - does this seem like a good plan or will this method put too much stress on the puffer? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. I also have the "bacteria in a bottle" stuff for quickly setting up a tank.

As you will need to acclimatise your puffer I would not worry about adding any of the old water. Just check the parameters are closely matched and re-acclimatise as if it's a new fish

I would use all the old water, substrate & filter media from the smaller tank. Décor, too, of you're planning on using it. It'll be just like a normal 50% water change. No need for extra bacteria.

Yeah what pp said! Just put the puff into a cup or something similar sized while you move everything then just put the whole cupful of water into the 5g

Thanks so so much - this is very helpful - new to puffers but not new to planted community tanks, cichlids, etc.