An accidental plunge into puffers
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And what would be the desired level? Sorry for all the dumb questions I wanted to wait amd do a fahaka but the missus is head strong so now we're doing one of these gsp how do I check levels do I need fancy tools?
sry i just put some of my countries info in translate to english. Might be really bad english but here is some good information:
SP's should be introduced in a fully cycled aquarium. Crushed coral substrate can be used to maintain a stable alkaline pH around 8. It is best to keep SAPs in low brackish water (salinity 1.005-1.008) when they are young (up to 5 cm), in medium brackish water (salinity 1.010-1.015) when they are between 5 and 10 cm and in salt water ( salinity 1.018-1.022) when mature (>10 cm). Use sea salt for this.
nitrate and ammonia should be 0. Keep in mind that most medicines will kill a puffer so if its sick it will be really really hard to treat.
you can keep it solitair. Or you could add some guppies or mollies since they can tolerate if you go seawater. Snails or crustaceans are important but that was already mentioned.
Keep in mind that adults (salinity 1.018-1.022) are on almost seawater salt levels. I got experience with brackish but not with sea so you might wane add a skimmer or something but im not sure about that. ( I thought starting from 1.023 > is seawater, might be wrong)
first thing to do is feed snails, get a measurer for salt and get some salt. Ur wife bought a really really great fish to have but it needs quite some care
to puffers they are in my opinion the smartest fishes with really funny and personal behaviour. Hope you enjoy the little fella.
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For measuring water salinity you’ll need something like a refractometer and obviously the salt. Not your regular table salt / aquarium medication salt, but stuff like Instant Ocean etc…
Disclaimer: i’ve also never gone full brackish / full salt, so if you eventually end up full salt, i’d presume you will probably want to use live rock and a skimmer for filtration rather than more traditional means of filtration such as a canister / hob although someone correct me if im wrong…
Disclaimer: i’ve also never gone full brackish / full salt, so if you eventually end up full salt, i’d presume you will probably want to use live rock and a skimmer for filtration rather than more traditional means of filtration such as a canister / hob although someone correct me if im wrong…
In the 80's traditional filtration was what was used for Saltwater aquariums along with skimmers. Live Rock and Live Sand with a skimmer as you stated now is the way to go.
Just have to make sure you don't add any specie that would do damage to the Live Rock.
As stated above: a refractometer will be required.
you can use any form of filtration such as a hob or a canister, but a sump and skimmer combo will do a better job. Hobs will also create a lot of salt creep. When I had salt my qt had an aqua clear 100 filled with live rock and filter floss and a hob skimmer this combo worked great but looked not so great. Skimmers will work in most brackish tanks I'm not sure why they are not employed more often. Really one of the biggest advantages in filtration over fresh water.
Typically (what I was taught) salt water starts at 1.018 up brackish is anything above 1.005 to 1.017. There is reasoning behind this that is a bit more in depth then I can 100% remember correctly atm dealing with chemistry and osmosis.
you can use any form of filtration such as a hob or a canister, but a sump and skimmer combo will do a better job. Hobs will also create a lot of salt creep. When I had salt my qt had an aqua clear 100 filled with live rock and filter floss and a hob skimmer this combo worked great but looked not so great. Skimmers will work in most brackish tanks I'm not sure why they are not employed more often. Really one of the biggest advantages in filtration over fresh water.
Typically (what I was taught) salt water starts at 1.018 up brackish is anything above 1.005 to 1.017. There is reasoning behind this that is a bit more in depth then I can 100% remember correctly atm dealing with chemistry and osmosis.
Thank you guys for the replies his forever home will be the 55g after I upgrade it to a 75 I've never done a sump
Big thing, is the 55 drillable? Hob overflows are an accident waiting to happen. You can use a white computer screen or phone screen and a pair of polarized sunglasses to see if the tank is tempered. After that sumps are really pretty easy and a very good filtration method. But like I said above a canister or hob will be fine also.
Using polarized glasses to determine if it’s tempered or not is not a good way to tell. Talk to a glass guy before you drill. Tempered glass is supposed to be marked at the factory, but I’ve never seen it. Live rock and a skimmer is the best filtration you can get for sw tanks, although they would require high salt levels. It would also require a separate tank so the rock has a chance to cycle, and any dead stuff to fully decompose. It would work, but first you should get the salinity up for the puffer, you can cure the live rock while you are doing this. I would listen to the voice of experience on the salinity levels, I’m not a gsp expert. Just know some stuff about marine filtration. I would say that I’ve seen plenty of them with ich, I think this may be related to salinity levels, so I would bump the salinity levels up as soon as I got it.
just my 2 cents.
just my 2 cents.
