The Puffer Forum

Initially, my 1.5" GSP was in a 10-gallon tank. It hadn't been cycled. He was in that tank around 3-4 days. Lot of snail, a guppy, and a plecostomus. I just got a master test kit and the ammonia was 2.0 ppm, nitrite at .25 ppm, and nitrate at 0 ppm. After the water change the ammonia went down to 1.0 ppm.

Wasn't enough, so I placed him into my 30-gallon tank which has been cycling for about 3-4 days now. A dead guppy is in the filter because a heater I am currently using had been heating the water far hotter than the dial suggested, so I dialed that one down.

The 30-gal tank is .50 ammonia ppm, nitrite and nitrate at 0.

At those levels in a 30-gal, that should be alright for now, right, with frequent/obsessive water changes?

The reason I'm posting in this section is that he's been swimming at surface level, and swimming up and down. There's not much else in the tank right now, except a thin layer of rinsed aragonite and 3 black lava rocks.

He's just floating/swimming at the surface. Slightly pointed towards the surface, like he's sipping the air. It's got me worried. I don't know if I put too much Jungle SafeStart and Start Zyme and Tetra SafeStart in. I'm getting so much conflicting information it's not fun at all. I did put about 5 spoonfuls of dissolved marine salt in his tank, too, and I suspected it'd be fine since it's 30 gallons.

I also have a powerhead flowing in this tank, so I don't know if it's tiring him out.

Why did you add 3 products???

I didn't know, and I haven't found much info posted about it.

There should be a compendium on everything GSP-related. One that's easily found on Google search.

i told you in your initial thread, not to add the Jungle products. Please go back & read everything I've posted to you. These multiple threads you are starting are getting confusing.