Cashimus20
Aquarium Advice Newbie
- Joined
- Mar 20, 2013
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- 6
Ok so I fell for the common mislabeled "Green Spotted Puffer Fish" scam, and using the advice the LFS gave me he died within a week because of poor water quality. (They sold me freshwater aquarium salt rather than marine salt to establish his "brackish" water.) I've learned my lesson and am now inquiring about a "real" dwarf puffer.
A more experienced LFS claims to have "Dwarf figure 8 puffers" that they claim wont require fully "marine" water at any point and will be content in a well planted 5 gallon aquarium until it matures some, at which point they suggested upgrading to a 10-15 gallon tank with high end filtration.
My first question is "am I being mislead once again by my LFS, in regards to the term "dwarf" and the specifications for his habitat?"
I currently own a well planted 10 gallon tank with a marineland eclipse 1 bio-wheel hood. The tank is stocked with 5 juvenile tiger barbs and 2 juvenile green tiger barbs. My second question is, "if the information above is accurate about the figure 8 puffers, can I slowly acclimate the 10 gallon tank to "brackish" water and then introduce the figure 8 puffer to the tank? Will this be an acceptable long term habitat for the puffer?
A more experienced LFS claims to have "Dwarf figure 8 puffers" that they claim wont require fully "marine" water at any point and will be content in a well planted 5 gallon aquarium until it matures some, at which point they suggested upgrading to a 10-15 gallon tank with high end filtration.
My first question is "am I being mislead once again by my LFS, in regards to the term "dwarf" and the specifications for his habitat?"
I currently own a well planted 10 gallon tank with a marineland eclipse 1 bio-wheel hood. The tank is stocked with 5 juvenile tiger barbs and 2 juvenile green tiger barbs. My second question is, "if the information above is accurate about the figure 8 puffers, can I slowly acclimate the 10 gallon tank to "brackish" water and then introduce the figure 8 puffer to the tank? Will this be an acceptable long term habitat for the puffer?