YeePuffer
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How much work are you willing to do? Pea Puffers are my favorite nano fish by far given how much personality they have. But they’re somewhat demanding to keep, as I had to feed mine frozen brine shrimp and live snails (which I had a dedicated 1.5 gallon tank for.) My 5 gallon had a good amount of algae because of all the leftovers. Not even two auto oto cats fish could keep up with it. -
I’ve had good luck fishing for bass & bluegill with crank baits & rooster tails. My favorite road & reel I’ve ever owned was one of the ugly stick ultralight ones that only weighed a pound combined.
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I don’t know how strict they will be but my university had a one gallon tank limit for fish (so you could probably sneak by with a 2.5). The other places I’ve started at made an exception for fish tanks, although if it’s not a really longer term location I would strongly suggest sticking to nano aquariums since water changes and moving will be much easier.
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I’m not sure of your location (I’m guessing South Carolina?) but Petco near me took some neon Tetras. If it’s specifically lifebearers the stores are refusing you could call up and act ignorant and say you’re getting rid of some sort of small tropical fish from your kid. Or if you just show up they’ll be much more likely to take them. Edit: also if they’re fry you could just let them grow a bit while you’re gone before surrendering them. Some stores might reject them where they’re so young.
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Can confirm this worked for me. I was worried about adding too much fertilizer in my 10 Gallon aquarium before and my Java Fern was going black. Ever since I did one pump a week AND now that I have a higher stocking level, it has been growing and propagating.
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Test strips or liquid with test tubes?
YeePuffer replied to sweetpoison's topic in General Discussion
I’ve never kept a species of fish/plant/invertebrate where the slightly higher accurate readings of the test tubes would have made a difference compared to the test strips. I would say 95% of fish keepers are perfectly fine with using strips and the master test kit would just be an unnecessary cost. That being said, I can see it being more useful if you’re keeping something that is very sensitive to water parameters. -
I go ahead and medicate any new fish in a quarantine tank with a similar “quarantine trio” of medications. That way there’s less time for any disease from the store to accumulate and possibly do irreversible damage to the fish’s health. Another plus is I can quarantine them for less time, and feel much more confident in putting them in my main tank. Edit: just saw the part about you ordering snails too. From what I’ve read (including from Aquarium Coops own blog), snails don’t really pose much of a risk for bringing in diseases, and I can also confirm I’ve never had a problem adding them in immediately.
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Second guessing myself - should I get pea puffers or not.
YeePuffer replied to Karen B.'s topic in General Discussion
Kept a Pea Puffer for about a year. Unless you have a good source of pest snails in another aquarium I wouldn’t do it. I kept a single pea puffer and I had a small 2 Gallon snail tank just to keep her fed. They can be picky eaters too outside of live food, mine would not touch blood worms but loved brine shrimp. I haven’t kept them in a group before, but from what I’ve read three is the recommended amount in a ten gallon & you might have to deal with aggression issues too. Personally I’d recommend one Pea Puffer in a five gallon starting out. They are very cool though and I strongly recommend them, just be prepared to put in the extra work. -
What types of fish? Unless you have an aggressive species or those that require a temp difference you should be ok. I’ve always quarantined mine in the same tank because they’re all usually on the same filtration system at the pet store, plus I can use less medication.
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What temperature difference will shock a fish?
YeePuffer replied to Karen B.'s topic in General Discussion
I’ve always have been just going by feel and haven’t had an issue. Also refilling the tank with slightly cooler water can trigger spawning in a lot of species. -
Call of Cthulhu by HP Lovecraft Still new to reading as a hobby so I'm starting by going through some of the classics. Pretty sure At The Mountains of Madness is still going to be my favorite Lovecraft story by the time I'm finished with it though since Cthulhu is spending time with drawing out backstories on characters I just don't care about.
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You have a few different options, there are traps which will help keep the population in control but won't completely wipe it out, plus I find it kind of tedious. One option is to use No Planaria, as it will be also lethal to snails in addition to hydra and planaria. Just keep in mind it does kill ALL snails including any Nerite or Mystery snails you might want to keep. Another option is to hire Pea Puffer(s). I had a five gallon tank that just happened to have pest snails in it and I decided to add a single pea puffer to it. It completely wiped all of them out, just keep in mind they don't play well with other fish. You can always donate it to a LFS or sell to another hobbyist once you're done.
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I guess mine falls under 3 & 4. I love the freshwater reef look. Don’t care much for artificial decorations.
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Looks like Planaria. I had an issue with them a while back because they came off some duckweed I ordered. They can be harmful to your snails or shrimp but if you just have fish they will usually pick them off. If you want to get rid of them check out No Planaria (it’s what I used). It will kill any snails you have in the tank as well so make sure you take them out and leave them out for a few water changes.
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Currently cycling my 10 gallon aquarium. Let me know what you think! Also I need help figuring out what to stock it with. I would like to have a centerpiece fish with dither fish and a clean up crew. Currently I think I'm going to go with a powder blue gourami for the centerpiece and some kind of tetra I can breed in my slightly acidic water. For cleanup I'm thinking of getting an amano shrimp or maybe some kind of corries (thought about pygmy corydoras but I can't find any near me.)
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The weak should fear the strong.
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I went to my LFS looking for mysis shrimp to feed my pea puffer but this is all they had. Would this be safe to feed since it also has krill and spirulina in it?
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I have been keeping a single pea puffer in my five gallon for the past few months, and as I continue to learn more talking to other fish keepers, it seems like there’s a lot of controversy about the setup. Originally the five gallon seemed like a good choice because of several YouTubers experienced in the hobby suggested it in a five gallon & with one fish there’s no aggression issues and a lot less that could go wrong, but other hobbyist have pointed out that they are a shoaling in fish the wild. So, I’m curious where you guys stand on the issue.
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I started my first give gallon aquarium with 0.5" dirt and a 1.5" gravel cap. It worked fairly well and I didn't have issues for a while, however I started to notice pinholes in my plants eight months after. I wanted to change my aquarium anyway so this time I placed a 0.25" of new dirt (same brand, don't remember) with about 1,75'' of decorative sand. There was an issue with the dirt coming up above the cap as gravel vacuuming and water changes mixed the sand and soil together, and then several months later the same issue appeared in my plants. Using root tabs fixed the issue. The best option for newbies in my experience would be just to use gravel or sand with root tabs. Easy to setup, no worries about things mixing and harming the look of the aquarium. Careful with some sands though, as if they're too fine it can harm root development.
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Just requesting that the most recent Live Q/A be posted on Spotify so I can listen to it while I'm at work. They're usually uploaded but this one wasn't for some reason.
