I already have a 5 gallon with fancy guppies and leopard danios. I was just thinking something different. So I do not mind going brackish all you do is add aquarium salt is that right or is there something else that you have to do.
10 gallon tank?
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you should maybe figure out what kind of puffer you would like. the more readily avail ones are the figure 8 and the spotted and the lemon ones. you might want to stock with smaller sp. like figure 8. and you would have to keep it a species tank, meaning you can only have pufffers in the 10.
as for the salt, someone else should e able to answer that
as for the salt, someone else should e able to answer that
If it's a real dwarf puffer, they're completely freshwater, and only get to about 1". They will not ever take flake or dried food, and you have to feed them bloodworms and mysis shrimp. Like all other "beak" fish, they need to grind off their teeth, but luckily, bloodworms and shrimp are good enough to do the job. They're messy eaters, so either have the tank heavily planted or have a great filtration system without much flow, because they're not the greatest of swimmers.
And as for a cycle, why not just take a sponge filter and set it up in another tank for a week, then plop it in the 10G tank and let it cook for a bit, then throw in your fish?
And as for a cycle, why not just take a sponge filter and set it up in another tank for a week, then plop it in the 10G tank and let it cook for a bit, then throw in your fish?
My filter in my 5 gallon has black slim on it, what is it? Is it what they call sludge and if so could that help my new tank to cycle? The filter on the 10 gallon tank is a bio marineland penguin (spelling?) and my 5 gallon is just a whisper for 5 to 15 gallon so how would I get the slim moved over to the new tank.
Also if I decided to get blue rams what could I add to the tank?
thanks guys so much for the help
Also if I decided to get blue rams what could I add to the tank?
thanks guys so much for the help
You would be really happy with a pair of kribs. The color when you have a male and female is spectacular and they breed very easily. It is fun to watch the mother parade her babies around. Here is a picture of my female with her babies. Dwarf cichlids(apistogramma) are similar in behavior but need softer water to breed.
another option is an exodon shoal. They are sick as hell. But they might need more then a 10 im not sure.
