Recent content by F-8 pufferman

Ever thought of tossing a bunch of snails in there? they breed readily enough in a 2.5 and you could always sell them to your lfs when you have too many. Ive got 7 tanks in my home and have been known to do just that to help keep my puffers teeth down.

Well i fluctuate the sg of there tank to mimic the naturally fluctuating water they come from, but my biggest concern is anything that isnt a puffer seems to be viewed as food to these lil buggers. ive heard some success with bumble bee gobies but want to leave that to a last resort. Any other...

I have a 10 gallon brackish tank. The setup and parameters are thus, temp 78-80, filter is rated for up to 15 gallons, one live plant 2 fake with an ornament and sand bottom. the water is brackish as above stated. i do a one gallon water change each week and was wondering if anyone knew of a...

thanks. dunno where i could get some though, the lfs i work at doesnt sell them i may be able to order them though. Has anyone else had success/failure breeding ghost shrimp. I know NU-NU had a bad experiance but dont want to rule them out entirely yet. Im strange i prefer albino fish and...

thanks for the advice and i originally thought of red cherry shrimp but my lfs doesnt offer them. I really wanted to breed them for food for my f-8 puffer. At 50 cents a pop there not what i was looking for but its all i got. Also i have read that they reach maturity in 5 weeks or so but by your...

Durring my great purge i lost my banded archerfish, a leopard spot scat, 2 molly (one survived the purge his name is now superman) To this day i believe it was the ick cure i used that did them all in and as such only treat with home remidies. Also learned the hard way that redtail sharks can...

I have three well established tanks and would like to start breeding ghost shrimp. i have a dedicated tank in which i would like to do this in. It is a 1and a half gallon undergravel filtered tank fully cycled with x-mas moss in the gravel substrate. I have read that they are temperate and as...

oh yeah i love to breed my guppy and other tank mates in my large community tank. If breeding is something that intrest you know that most live bearing fish are verry prolific and as such are verry cheap for the lfs to get there hands on. If you want something that brings a little more bang for...

well all that new water added has been known to spike your amonia so watch out for that. simular to new tank syndrome. might be a reason?

It could be your water company doing maintance but i have to ask why did you do a 75 percent wc and how large is your tank? At any rate 75 percent wc is a lot and has been known to mess with a tanks cycle.

Although a pleco would work just fine it may be a good idea to look into cory cats. They school in most any number but 3-5 is good and they will be forever searching your substrate for food.

If you get a chance check out the pictures of my tanks and let me know what you think there in my tanks pics.

Sounds like youve got it all figured out. the 10 gal should be sufficent for quite some time but eventually as they reach maturity you will need to spread them around a bit more 43 fish in a ten gal will be way too much in about two months.

should be roughly every month or so. btw do you have any males in your tank? it takes roughly 24 hours for the yolk sac to be absorbed.

Hi sorry no one replied before you moved em. Platty will have huge births much like there cousins the guppi and swortails, Depending on age of the fish, size of fish, how many batches of fry she has laid out in the past, and the water and food quality provided for and before the birth. If all of...