The Puffer Forum

Did a water change, am I suppose to raise the levels .002 or .005? I froget... tomorow I'm gonna post my results after i test the water. If anyone wants to add me to their msn that way I don't have to keep writing on the forums, my msn is wigitmigit@hotmail.com

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I went over... it's about .003 higher is that ok?

Probably fine. The fish certainly couldn't give a fig (you can take a scat from a marine tank and dump it in freshwater and it will be just fine, though perhaps a little surprised). Your problem is the filter bacteria. Keep an eye on the nitrite or ammonium for the next day or two. If things look less good than usual, lay off the feeding a bit to give the bacteria some time to re-adjust. If everything seems okay, then don't worry about it at all.

Cheers,

Neale

Neale, we have some mollies that are going high end brackish. When it comes time to feed them to the freshwater puffers, will they die quickly when put in freshwater? I'm not too worried about the baileyis since they'll eat them as soon as they hit the water, but the palembang is a nighttime hunter and won't eat it until then. Will it live long enough?

Apart from personally not being in favour of feeder fish for any captive fish that will eat other things, what you propose should be fine, though I would actually adapt them in couple of steps. Put the mollies in a bucket 1/3 full of seawater/high end brackish. At once add 1/3 more freshwater from the tank. Then after 15-30 minutes, another 1/3. By then, they should be fine with being dumped straight into freshwater. I've acclimated mollies in each direction within an hour, though I was doing so for them to live, so was a bit more careful.

Boxermom wrote:Neale, we have some mollies that are going high end brackish. When it comes time to feed them to the freshwater puffers, will they die quickly when put in freshwater? I'm not too worried about the baileyis since they'll eat them as soon as they hit the water, but the palembang is a nighttime hunter and won't eat it until then. Will it live long enough?

Ok, thanks. I only use feeders once in awhile, maybe once a month.