Recent content by pufferpoison

as for cycling a brackish water tank, imho, takes much, much longer than a freshwater tank. my 29G is over 5 1/2 weeks and hasn't completely cycled yet, my 55G cycled in under 4 weeks. From what i've read, they are not sure if the bacteria is freshwater that adapt to the salt or saltwater that...

as for cycling a brackish water tank, imho, takes much, much longer than a freshwater tank. my 29G is over 5 1/2 weeks and hasn't completely cycled yet, my 55G cycled in under 4 weeks. From what i've read, they are not sure if the bacteria is freshwater that adapt to the salt or saltwater that...

i'm going to get a lot of crap for this , but i have 2 DP's in my community tank and as long as their are lots of plants and cover, they seem to be fine, but when i took my plants out for the day, i noticed they terrorized the tank, put the plants back in, they were fine again??? dont' know...

i know exactly what your talking about, it has to do with the lighting and hood getting "salt Creep" which i wouldn't worry about , the tank itself is fine. i'm doing the same thing and my lighting is fine for now, just need to do some cleaning 2 times a month or so.

[ PS. It's probably not good etiquette to post messages in public fora specifically for certain people; that's what the personal message feature is for. At the very least, it suggests you value some peoples opinions over others. i don't think that was the intention at all, beside you didn't...

if i may, you might try to get a plastic cup that hasn't been used or something similiar and put the food your puffer likes in it and add some fish vitamins ( i use vita chem) just add a few drops with tank water and let the food sit in there for a few minutes to soak it in. My GSP loves ghost...

about your GSP goes - he is bored, just like Nmonks stated, i have one in a 29 gallon tank and have a fake mangrove root (fairly large) and 2 caves and he still gets bored and swims up and down the glass. Make sure you are feeding him snails to keep his beak filed down, if not it will grow too...

doesn't it need to be primed??? might check your owners manual about that

Ok this is for my sister who has had a 55gallon tank with 3 full grown angel fish (about 2 1/2 - 3 years old) in the same tank with a pl*co (about 5 inches long) and a few cory cats i think (bottom feeders, chubby like clown loaches but not sure what they are) and there is no live plants and...