The Puffer Forum

Everyone, meet Matcha!
Matcha is in a 36 gallon tank with mangroves growing out the back. There's a custom lid I made that allows the mangroves to grow out and keep Matcha in! There's also some java fern, a marimo ball, and another aquatic plant I forget the name of.

After about a month of cycling, I added Tetra Safe Start and the water quality is solid:
0 Ammonia
0 Nitrite
8 PH
5.0 Nitrate
1.005 Salinity
78 Degree Water

I've had Match for four days.
Should I still do a water change in a week's time and add Prime to the water? Or, should I wait a little longer so that I don't kill off beneficial bacteria? Thanks for the tips!

Tank looks great & Matcha looks very healthy! Are there places for him to swim thru?

Thanks! Yes, there's little tunnels in the white "trunk" decoration. I also notice him swimming through the root branches that I have stacked in the middle. I'll be sure to rearrange the decor with water changes.
I've been feeding him pond snails (the ram horn snails I have or too big so they lucked out), blood worms, brine shrimp and I'm going to pick up clams on a half shell today.

I'll be skipping a feeding day on Mondays and I'm making sure to feed him only enough to get a healthy, rounded belly. I'm also thinking of raising the salinity to 1.008 over the course of two weeks and keep it there till he gets a little older.