Myznada08

Are the walls of the tank painted by chance?? My figure 8 was glass surfing really bad at first, but after I painted the back (and sides) of the tank black he calmed right down. Idk if seeing out all around him was stressing him out. It limits me because I can only see him from the front glass, but he's so much more relaxed now that it was worth it. I also reduced the brightness of the light...... Side note: I've noticed that for the Anubis to do well in brackish, the light has to be kept at a higher intensity. I'm not sure why yet tho. It's just my observation. But the difference is VERY noticable. Hope this helps!!!

Hey @mountaintoppufferkeeper what plants do you keep with your brackish water puffers?? I've been testing Anubis with mine and I just started to see my first leaf of new growth! The leaves that were originally grown in fresh water melted back a good little bit, but the younger leaves and the new growth look fantastic! I think I'm going to take another piece from my fresh water tank and break off the newest end and see how it does. Do you have any plant suggestions that you've used that did well? sorry if I'm bugging you, you just seem to be so knowledgeable from experience 🙂

I wish I could but it always tells me I can't upload the video when I try. Idk if the file is too large or what. I tried to keep it super short but still a no go. Do you know how?

This was very helpful!!!!! Thank you!!!!

I'm at 1.008 the Anubis is hanging in there strong. I have noticed that P Diddy is not a fan of his salinity dropping below that. I thought he was dying and I water changed his salinity back up and he was good as new....... So apparently he's a drama king lol!

Hmmm. I've never tried vitachem I'll have to grab some. I read that krill causes lock jaw in puffers. Has that not been your experience? I'd love to give my puffer more variety. Right now I'm alternating between frozen blood worms and freeze dried shrimp. I saw a video where someone mixed shell bits with rapashy to make a crunchy substitute for clams. Seemed interesting. Right now my puffer eats literally whatever I throw in so I want to get him use to everything before he gets picky lol

What's your feeding like???

I've been loving learning about my figure 8 puffer! He's of the smaller variety so he only requires a 15 gallon tank. It's nice because it's easy to see him, but he still has plenty of space to explore. I was quite intimidated to have a brackish system, but it's been fairly easy. I thought a RO system was required but alot of people have success just using tap water mixed with salt. That's what I'm doing now. Figure 8 are on the low level of the brackish scale so I only need a little salt to get it where it needs to be. I'm going to rescape his tank soon to incorporate more cave structures. I read that they like that. I wanna learn more about creative ways to feed them. I saw this video where a guy mixed rapashy with crunchy shell pieces as a sub for clams!

If you're thinking about it, GET ONE! He's so interactive and smart! He knows me already! When I come up to the tank he goes to the front and looks at me. It's so cool! He likes the freeze dried shrimp and cubed blood worms! He basically eats whatever I throw in the tank lol. I was thinking of adding a cleaner crew, but sometimes he gets a bit aggressive with his reflection so idk if he'll like having friends.

I got my first puffer yesterday! I'm so excited and have been doing alot of research to properly care for him. He's a figure 8 puffer. It's my first time working with a brackish system but so far I think it's going well! I put some Anubis that I had in my other tank, so I'm excited to see how it holds up. If you have any tips for me I'd love to hear them!!!! Oh by the way I named him P. Diddy 😁

I really just want to keep them. I think it would be fun to observe the mouth brooding process but, breeding isn't the goal. Just wanna have a nice group of Bettas in a cool blackwater scape. I think they look fantastic! Not to mention I'm sort of a Betta nerd🤓

No question this time..... Just needed to remind myself 🥴🥴🥴 gotta stop adding fish to my plant storage tanks. This is the second attempt! No more tanks Ranada! 🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️

Hey nerm fam! So I'm wanting to buy this set of Betta macrostoma juveniles. Problem is, they're bread and raised in soft water. I live in Florida so my water is very hard. I'm hoping not to chase parameters so how can I get them acclimated to my hard water without killing 200 dollars worth of fish??? Wanna figure it out before they get here. help!!!!

Hey nerm fam! So I'm wanting to buy this set of Betta macrostoma juveniles. Problem is, they're bread and raised in soft water. I live in Florida so my water is very hard. I'm hoping not to chase parameters so how can I get them acclimated to my hard water without killing 200 dollars worth of fish??? Wanna figure it out before they get here. help!!!!