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yeah and this is short version of what i described above, please don't flame me for what i did, i make do witch what money i have ( currently unemployed, need a IT guy?)... so 2 months i ago I moved my urchin to a spare 10 gal tank cause the puffer was making lunch out of the urchin, the tank...

crap! i didn't use tap water to mix salt, i buy pocono spring water in 2.5 gal tanks (altho sometimes i add reg water to dilute the solution if its too straongm but i run it through a britta filter first and add water treatment), but i did wash the new filter in tap water and put it in still all...

well the tank is nicely covered with algee, it is aclimatized cause its been in this tank for 2 months, I had to move it there because initially i put it in my bigger salt water tank which had an algee problem but my puffer which normally is oblivious to anything in the tank after a while...

Guys(and ladies) comon! its dying and I have no idea why@! all level are great if this wasn;t salt water i'd drink it! I just pumped 3 gal out and replaced them with 3 gal from my other salt water tank which also has perfect water.... I just don;t understand what's going on since for 2 months...

I have a black long spined urchin, it used to be in my 30 gal tank but after 2 months the puffer aquired a taste for it and so quickly I moved it to my spare first aid 10 gal tank, and its been sitting there for another 2 months, it grew its spines back and became huge! each spine was about 4...

if by substrate you mean bottom layer i use simple pebbles, i have crushed coral but don't use it, i use instant ocean salt, mix it in a tank that is cycling separately all the time and then pour it in when it cycles to right sg level. wateris still cloudy

Got a prob, I wasn't testing my water for a while, PH wise, i test my water sg every day, and today it turned to be 7.8 :crazy: :o the sg is 1.022, no ammonia, i recently put a frash charcoal bag into one of the aqua clears, i have a 20gal running with a fluval 200, and Aqua clear 10 and...

don't even try to talk to ppl at petco or petland or any other frenchise pet stores, those ppl have no clue about fish, i seen them put healthy fish with ones with ick and other desises, i seen them mix salt right out the box into water with fish, i seen them leave dead fish in aquarium and...

yeah anyone? i just added a fluval filter with air tube for bubble, cause i thought the tank needed more airation, and now my puffer won't swim near the current, and before he's stay for hour next to the water comming out of the 2 box filters on the aquarium.

I agree with low salt, kinda pissed off at the store owner, 1000 islands aquarium in brooklyn "trust me, ask any judge and he will tell you that 1.018 is the right sg for non coral aquarium" that's what he said, and I was like "eh? whatever" :/ but i lowered the sg in my aquarium from 1.022 to...

i figured that, i'm now slowly raising the sg will try to get it to 1.022 in few days but nothing drastic so i don't give shock to the fish... my ammonia jumped to .1 maybe .2 i hope its just cause i introduced the fish there and it will soon go away

Hey, I just finished reading through the pinned stuff and still got questions, I started a salt water tank, its cycled, it has a fish (1 spiny spotted nose puffer) now what should be the proper numbers for it? I'm reading 8.0 PH temp is steady at 78 F Ammonia 0 and now danger, Hydrometer is...

no I mix it in a 3 gal container, the pour, but I did that long time ago, my water has been fine eversince, i just had to do minimal adjustments. I just went and bought another puffer, I'm getting him used to the water, 1 shot glass every 15 min poured into original water he came with. Owner...

I feel really bad for killing a freshly bought spotted sharpnose puffer. And I don't want it to happen again. I have a 30 gal aquarium which has been cycling fish free after being well cleaned with fresh water for 1 month, after which I decided to go salt water, so I added proper amount of...

Thanks this place looks like they just might have it, Ima going to call them today and see, then i can drop by on sat or sunday :D Gimli: dragon puffer is brackish, i never did salt water and have no expirience with it, whats different from fresh water (aside from the salt) and how easy would...

I'm willing, it just that only puffer i could findand in only 2 store was the green spotted puffer which can grow up to 6 inches in aquarium enviroment and is brackish, I never did salt water before, and i can afford to kill fish cause of my not knowing, it just sits very bad on my concience...

yeah i use that site a lot for information aboutpotential new fish, but i work in a busy office in manhattan 5 sometimes 6 days a week, no chance i can hav the fish shipped there, plus taking the train back how would prolly kill the poor things secondly i only want 2 puffers, they have a...

Hi, for a while now I had my 30 gal tank cycling and ready for 1 or maybe 2 dwarf puffers, My gf really wants on and since i transfered my parrots to a new 55 gal I cleaned the 30 gal polished and started cycling. Well problem is that I line in Brooklyn NY, i checked all local stores and noone...