addition to my aquarium

[fishfanatic80]

slowly acclimate him to brackish then full salt i think hes saying

 

[Fat Homer]

You should check out this thread: HERE

They are talking about GSP acclimation right here on MFK... so that will probably help you out a lot more...

Best of luck with your puffer....

 

[muffywrx]

slowly acclimate him to brackish then full salt i think hes saying

Actually I'm a she, and I'm saying the bacteria is what needs the slow acclimation not the puffer. The puffer can handle a faster acclimation.

 

[dzjr1188]

Jess most fresh water bacteria won't serve in full salt. So the reason for changing from fresh to brackish to full salt over a few weeks is to grow different bacteria. ideally you want to increase the salinity a little each week.

 

[Fat Homer]

Jess most fresh water bacteria won't serve in full salt. So the reason for changing from fresh to brackish to full salt over a few weeks is to grow different bacteria. ideally you want to increase the salinity a little each week.

X2, normally people only do a quick acclimation if the fish is obviously a s/w fish being kept in f/w

Otherwise, ideally, most will say its best to do it over a period of days / weeks rather than hours to make sure the fish acclimates properly...

 

[Celticdragon]

I almost got kicked out of a LFS over a puffer the other day. There aren't many puffers that can live in a fully FW setup.

 

[Fat Homer]

^ Actually there are quite a few species that do...

just off the top of my head:

MBU / Fahaka / Congo / Abei / Cross River / Suvatti / Palembang / Dwarf / Hairy / Irrebesco (sp) and there are more too lazy to list...

 

[CatDaddy]

Ohh i had a Spotted puffer before first fish that i bought and i combined it with my BGK and BGK was probably 3 times the size of the puffer but Puffer killed my BGK Spotted puffer likes to take small bites on other tank mates tail unless they are the same kind