Stressed Gsp Please Help

[BlackWidow]

Mix the right amount of Marine Salt with Fresh Water and replace all the Water in your tank with Marine Salt Water. Brackish water cycling can take up to a month, you see the salt in the water causes the Bacteria in your filter to grow more slowly whereas freshwater cycling takes a week. Right now your tank is not cycled, just adding bacteria and leaving it for 24hrs will do squat! Get cycling and doing water changes asap. Thats stuff your gonna get on saturday get it now, other wise you wont have aclue whats going on

 

[erk628]

yea but does this meen my water is fresh right now? what does aquarium salt even do???

Aquarium Salt is a basic salt very similar to salt we eat. Aquarium Salt is used in freshwater tanks to add a little tonic to it ie(Aquarium Salt is good for FreshWater Fishes skin it keeps it healthy)

also GSP are brackish puffers not marine so do not require as much salt as marine water, your GSP needs a specific gravity of salt of 1.010 to 1.015. That means you need to Add 450 grams of Marine Salt to every 2.5 Gallons of freshwater, 3tsp is not enough so right now your Puffer is living in freshwater!!!!

From what Ive read GSP can eventually become full marine!

yea but does this meen my water is fresh right now? what does aquarium salt even do???

so i cant just put it in there huh? i have to replace all of the water? and then put it in? then let it cycle again??

You need to get the aquarium salt out thats why you need to take all the water out. Your actually cycling the filter not the water so taking all the water out wont hurt the cycle the bacteria you need is in the filter.

 

[herguitarist94]

oh, okay. i go get the hydrometer, test kit, marine salt, and syphin and just change the water and make sure the salt is desolved and is beetween 1.010-1.015? then put my fish in?

 

[erk628]

yea, i understand i have to replace the water, but do i have to let it cycle? or can i put the fish in after i change the water?

The cycle will take a month or 2 so you will be doing a fishin cycle so yes put the fish back in and follow the fishin cycle theres a link to it in my sig below.

Mix the right amount of Marine Salt with Fresh Water and replace all the Water in your tank with Marine Salt Water. Brackish water cycling can take up to a month, you see the salt in the water causes the Bacteria in your filter to grow more slowly whereas freshwater cycling takes a week. Right now your tank is not cycled, just adding bacteria and leaving it for 24hrs will do squat! Get cycling and doing water changes asap. Thats stuff your gonna get on saturday get it now, other wise you wont have aclue whats going on

You cycle a freshwater tank in a week huh? How exactly are you doing that?

 

[BlackWidow]

yea, i understand i have to replace the water, but do i have to let it cycle? or can i put the fish in after i change the water?

The cycle will take a month or 2 so you will be doing a fishin cycle so yes put the fish back in and follow the fishin cycle theres a link to it in my sig below.

Yeh do what he said with cycling only after you have the right Salt in the water, otherwise theres no point and never trust what they tell you in the fish shop coz there retarded and give dumb advice coz all they care about is making money

 

[erk628]

oh, okay. i go get the hydrometer, test kit, marine salt, and syphin and just change the water and make sure the salt is desolved and is beetween 1.010-1.015? then put my fish in?

Well seeing how the fish probaly has never been in marine salt you want to do the drip method. Follow this link!
http/www.aquaria.info/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=379&theme=Printer

 

[herguitarist94]

ha, thanks, how long after i put the salt in do i put the fish in? do i stir the water in the aquarium when i cange the water and add the marine salt?

 

[BlackWidow]

Cycling FW is very easy when you add alot of mature media in your new filter, speeds up process 10 fold lol dont test me son I know Fish Tai Chi

ha, thanks, how long after i put the salt in do i put the fish in? do i stir the water in the aquarium when i cange the water and add the marine salt?

What you do is Empty your tank of freshwater, put your GSP in a bucket for time being. then Start Mixing up Marine Salt and water in another bucket and fill up your tank again with the marine saltwater. Once your Tank is full and you have the right Specific Gravity , add your GSP again then start fish in cycling!!! SIMPLES

 

[erk628]

Cycling FW is very easy when you add alot of mature media in your new filter, speeds up process 10 fold lol dont test me son I know Fish Tai Chi

you can do that in a brackish setup to just as fast. I dont think he has the mature media though so hes looking around a month or so.

 

[herguitarist94]

no i dont, but how long after i put the salt in do i put the fish in? do i stir the water in the aquarium when i cange the water and add the marine salt?

 

[erk628]

Cycling FW is very easy when you add alot of mature media in your new filter, speeds up process 10 fold lol dont test me son I know Fish Tai Chi

ha, thanks, how long after i put the salt in do i put the fish in? do i stir the water in the aquarium when i cange the water and add the marine salt?

What you do is Empty your tank of freshwater, put your GSP in a bucket for time being. then Start Mixing up Marine Salt and water in another bucket and fill up your tank again with the marine saltwater. Once your Tank is full and you have the right Specific Gravity , add your GSP again then start fish in cycling!!! SIMPLES

I would do the drip method its probaly only ever been in freshwater!

no i dont, but how long after i put the salt in do i put the fish in? do i stir the water in the aquarium when i cange the water and add the marine salt?

I already told you scroll up and read the link I provided!

 

[BlackWidow]

no i dont, but how long after i put the salt in do i put the fish in? do i stir the water in the aquarium when i cange the water and add the marine salt?

you add him straight away!

@ Erk, I never said you can cycle brackish fast it will take a month without media

 

[herguitarist94]

okay, so,take the fish out, drain all the water, put in new water, add marine salt,check hardness (1.010-1.015), add water conditioner, add stress zyme,and add fish. thats all right??

 

[BlackWidow]

and if i cant do that? =/( missing some of the stuff)whats an estimate for how long i should wait?

okay, so,take the fish out, drain all the water, put in new water, add marine salt,check hardness (1.010-1.015), add water conditioner, add stress zyme,and add fish. thats all right??

its not that hard to do and you wont need anything otherthan what i have explained to you follow it and youll be ready to cycle with in it....

if you want expert help on puffer care goto #112### everyone there is a puffer owner and nearly all have GSPs

Good Luck im out!

 

[herguitarist94]

okay, if thats all i do, sounds easy. ill do it Saturday. bye