Hello from East Tennessee USA
Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2021 7:36 pm
My quest for knowledge has placed me at this forum. My current puffers in my care:
8 Dwarf (pea) puffers -- in a heavily planted 40 gallon tank. -- fyi.
2 GSP (green spotted puffers) - currently juvenile in a 55 gallon tank. Current salinity 1.005 and carefully watching water parameters to make sure I do not crash the cycle as I raise salinity. Goal is 1.010+
Overall I have had about 5.5 years of serious fish keeping with fresh water. I say 'serious' meaning I care about the wellbeing of the fish and I fully understand I am responsible for their wellbeing. I kept fish as a child and I'm sure I was not the best at it. As an adult I take this more seriously. While I am totally a n00b with puffers I wanted to talk and chat with others in a community focused on them. Internet searches lead me here. I hope this is positive community to discuss puffers.
the GSPs are the main reason why I am joining the forum. They are my first "big" fish and I have taken some steps for success I hope.
My 55 gallon is double filtered with two seachem tidal 55 HOB filters. Weekly water changes of about 40% with the intent of raising the salinity slowly. Probably ~0.002 every two weeks to make sure I do not crash the cycle. I'm currently day 3 into keeping GSP and brackish water....
this was set up and humanely cycled with well seasoned media from an established fresh water tank. i let the tank sit with the media for about 2 weeks then added white cloud minnows (5 from my pond) and let them sit in the tank for 3 weeks.
As you read this I am closely watching ammonia levels (so far 0) and I have Fritz turbostart for salt water on hand if anything is out of wack and i'm ready to do a water change if needed. So far the GSPs are bright and vibrant and readily take food. -- I have frozen Krill, frozen Bloodworms, and clams on the halfshell on hand. I also have a pond snail tank i use as treats for the dwarf puffers and i have a tetra tank that's home to a healthy colony of malaysian trumpet snails
Hopefully I am on the right track. Please let me know if you have any tips/tricks for success as I make sure not to crash my cycle.
(you have reached the end. this concludes my intro i hope it was not too long)
8 Dwarf (pea) puffers -- in a heavily planted 40 gallon tank. -- fyi.
2 GSP (green spotted puffers) - currently juvenile in a 55 gallon tank. Current salinity 1.005 and carefully watching water parameters to make sure I do not crash the cycle as I raise salinity. Goal is 1.010+
Overall I have had about 5.5 years of serious fish keeping with fresh water. I say 'serious' meaning I care about the wellbeing of the fish and I fully understand I am responsible for their wellbeing. I kept fish as a child and I'm sure I was not the best at it. As an adult I take this more seriously. While I am totally a n00b with puffers I wanted to talk and chat with others in a community focused on them. Internet searches lead me here. I hope this is positive community to discuss puffers.
the GSPs are the main reason why I am joining the forum. They are my first "big" fish and I have taken some steps for success I hope.
My 55 gallon is double filtered with two seachem tidal 55 HOB filters. Weekly water changes of about 40% with the intent of raising the salinity slowly. Probably ~0.002 every two weeks to make sure I do not crash the cycle. I'm currently day 3 into keeping GSP and brackish water....
this was set up and humanely cycled with well seasoned media from an established fresh water tank. i let the tank sit with the media for about 2 weeks then added white cloud minnows (5 from my pond) and let them sit in the tank for 3 weeks.
As you read this I am closely watching ammonia levels (so far 0) and I have Fritz turbostart for salt water on hand if anything is out of wack and i'm ready to do a water change if needed. So far the GSPs are bright and vibrant and readily take food. -- I have frozen Krill, frozen Bloodworms, and clams on the halfshell on hand. I also have a pond snail tank i use as treats for the dwarf puffers and i have a tetra tank that's home to a healthy colony of malaysian trumpet snails
Hopefully I am on the right track. Please let me know if you have any tips/tricks for success as I make sure not to crash my cycle.
(you have reached the end. this concludes my intro i hope it was not too long)