Identify This Please?

[millie1]

as im struggling....


sold as a freshwater puffer....



thers 2 of them - one has larger spots - the other hasnt....

(thsi is the smaller spotted one.) the other ones spots are more like big blobs.... (same colouring)


thanks...

 

[england]

try green spotted puffer, also there brakish

http/www.splutphoto.com/pierre/puffer.htm

 

[millie1]

thanks you


next question....


need to turn my now freshwater tank into brakish.... bummer...

i buy marine salt?? how do i know the correct amount to put in for brakish?

thanks

 

[Sofia]

You're probably better off posting this in the brackish forum where all the brackish experts hang out!

 

[millie1]

anyone know what i do now???

put in salt now and how d o i know the correct amount??

thanks

 

[Sofia]

Is my typing invisible?

 

[Truck]

anyone know what i do now???

put in salt now and how d o i know the correct amount??

thanks

dont add the salt until you have a way of measuring it.

you should start quite low around 1.003 sg and work it up higher as they get older

 

[Davo86]

Quote By Neale Monks, taken from here

Slowly raise the salinity a little each time you do a water change. Perhaps for the first month, do each 25% water change by removing freshwater and adding water at SG 1.005. This will, after a few weeks, raise the SG of the tank to 1.005 without stressing the biological filter. Leave it at this level for the next 3-6 months. Then, you can start raising the SG a bit more, perhaps to SG 1.008, and then 1.010 a few months later. This will ensure the filter bacteria settle down nicely. Your fish are at FAR MORE risk from the filter bacteria suddenly dying than they are from "the wrong salinity".

 

[millie1]

thanks

so are they not in immediate danger then in freshwater??

i intend to go buy marine salt tomorow anyhow.... just need to work it out



what do i use to measure it etc??

ive only ever kept tropicalfreshwater

 

[Truck]

thanks

so are they not in immediate danger then in freshwater??

i intend to go buy marine salt tomorow anyhow.... just need to work it out



what do i use to measure it etc??

ive only ever kept tropicalfreshwater

you use a hydrometer or refractometer (your best of with the latter as theyre more accurate)

 

[iliveinazoo]

The one in the picture is a GSP but it would be handy to have a picture of the 2nd just to make sure that you have 2 of the same species.

To accurately measure out the correct amount of marine salt then you will require a hydrometer or a refractometer but if you search for posts by nmonks he has a lot of useful links in his footer that he's created, one of which is Brackcalc where you can estimate using tablespoons or measurements in grammes (don't know which as I've never used it).

You will be fine keeping your GSP at low salinities (SG1.005) while he is young however you should raise it as they get older, some owners keep theirs in marine conditions though the consensus seems to be that adults will do well at around SG1.010+.

Don't increase the salinity of your tank by more than SG0.002 at a time, the fish won't mind but you risk killing off the nitrifying bacteria in your filter.

Don't worry about increasing the salinity right this minute just wait until your next water change (weekly right?).

 

[millie1]

yep weekly water changes.

ok thanks - theres one on ebay for a fiver i think???

will post alink in a bit to make sure im buying the righ tone...

but i'll ave a look tomorow in pets at home if they have any in........



if i upped the sat levels to almost marine - would that mean i can keep corals???

(im learning - be nice )!


thanks

 

[Truck]

yep weekly water changes.

ok thanks - theres one on ebay for a fiver i think???

will post alink in a bit to make sure im buying the righ tone...

but i'll ave a look tomorow in pets at home if they have any in........



if i upped the sat levels to almost marine - would that mean i can keep corals???

(im learning - be nice )!


thanks

how bigs your tank?

 

[iliveinazoo]

Personally I don't think its necessary to keep them in marine conditions and definately wouldn't do it until they reached adulthood but some report success when they are still young.

If you do up your tank to marine level (not almost) then you will be able to keep corals although they require very good lighting - I would check to see if your luminaire is adequate first - and I would guess that anemones and the like aren't the greatest of tankmates since GSP's are scaless fish.

 

[millie1]

i dont really want to go marine if i can help it....

brackish would be fine.....

im not desparate to keep corals yet.... but i may decide to change to marine when i upgrade


forgot to ask as well - why do they have to be brackish if they are born freshwater???

can they not just live in freshwater as happy as brackish for their lives?