Kilrkitty08

Thank you all so much for your comments and giving me the confidence to make that move from the tote to the tank. I did about 10gl switch out of tank water into the tote over the course of one day, waited for the next morning and moved them all over. Looking back I probably didn't have to do that but it made me feel better. I have had zero casualties and everyone is greatly enjoying their new home. You all are the best!! Thank you so much!

No worries @Odd DuckTHank you for your advice 👍 I have their canister filter that ran the old tank running on the tote to keep the bacteria alive and will move it over and run it on the tank before moving the fish over. Temperature will match and hardness of course is going to be higher in the tank and nitrates lower but ph is the largest change that my test strips can show me. Thank you @face and @gannon for your advice as well I feel much better about moving everyone over 👍

I have a chasing PH Question, I have a 75gl set and ready to fill, however, the fish I have a 30gl tote waiting to be moved are in a lower PH than my tap probably 6.5 going to an 8 because I don't need to use RO for any of these fish (live bearers, silver dollars, guppies and common pleco). How much water should I replace with tap to acclimate them in the tote and over what amount of time? Or should I cut it with RO and/or rain water and eventually change it to 100% tap with water changes? Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you so much for sharing this story Patrick! Would you mind going over his diet? I am thinking about getting a Figure 8 puffer which should require about the same variety of food and I have ramshorn snails but the type you have look different (the off limit ones) hehe. Also, are you trying any plants in your Brackish water? I was thinking about trying Java Fern, I heard somewhere it would adjusts to brackish. Would it be possible to get a wide angle shot of your aquarium to see your decor. Sorry, I don't mean to be a pest just excited to see your awesome puffer's home and maybe steal some ideas 😁.

There are a ton of Sycamore trees, is their wood safe if it did come from one of them? Thanks Everyone for the Articles I did not know Walnut family secreted poisons.

Is there a way I can test it to see if it's leaching toxins? What is it that wood leaches out that makes it dangerous?

Hidy Everyone, I have seen this large pc of wood at my local park for about a year now and I was wondering is there a way I can tell if it is aquarium safe. Also, if it is safe what would be the best way to treat it, I want to cute a pc large enough for a 75 gallon aquarium and have a Large Tote for soaking. Any advice would be great! Thanks everyone!

Is there a "Magic Rule" or some method that you use to determine how many plants to get for a planted tank? I have a 75 gallon I want to set up for my Leppard Bush fish which will love a heavily planted tank to swim through, but I just don't know how many plants to get. I figured I would use some Large Amazon Swords, to give them quick cover to play in and some Anubis (because I Love it). Stem plants don't seem to do great in my water but I will be using Eco-complete with a sand cap so maybe that will make a difference instead of just sand only substrate. Any suggestions, pictures, or shopping lists would be great 😃

I Love Neon Tetras so bright and active and friendly but my latest favorite is Rummy Nose and I am working on getting a huge school of them at some point in my life Love to watch all tetras tbh I can't choose ❤️

I am setting up a 10 gallon for my ramshorn snails, currently in a 5 gallon. However, I did an impulse buy of some cheapie ghost shrimp because my fish that eat ramshorns will eat shrimp/shrimplettes. Will I run into any issues keeping both together? Does anyone have tips to get best breeding of both? Ramshorns are very prolific but I have never kept shrimp. Large sponge filter, Heater, crush coral and black gravel, live & fake plants, decor for hiding spaces, tight lid for humid area uptop. Literally just set up a hour ago so it's not georgous. I will never claim to be an aquascaper 😂

A Large Varity of Guppies color - ex-plosion 😁

So since there are written standards does that mean they have competitions like they do for Bettas but with Goldfish?

So, I kind of have the opposite problem, I have a banana plant with healthy looking leaves but its' banana's just fell off. Do they regrow "bananas" or do the leaves just keep growing? I know I have divided the plant by just cutting a leaf off and letting it sprout roots by the oldest cutting I have is about a month maybe two old.

I agree with Scapexghost I use salt only unless I see signs of something else but I recently purchased Red Eye Puffers and per suggestions I used API General Cure to kill internal parasites. What are the symptoms of your fish and type of fish? Are they staying sunken in or just not very active?

Southwest Virginia - I say SW VA because I can be in four other states faster than I can get to the VA Capital and I very much prefer it that way. Love the Mountains and lower population lol

I think Snails and Shrimp are great ideas too but you could also think of raising your own fish food, such as Scuds or Daphina.

@Odd Duck They were very tiny when I received my pea puffers, we named one tad pole because that's what they all looked like heads with little tails. I have them in a 20gl high, blessing all three of my pea puffers are female from everything I've read and they get alone with everyone (7 neon tetras that been with them since day 4 and a bristlenose pleco joined after about a month) happy with anyone who isn't a snail and don't have any issues with each other. I have a lot of decorations and plants, one lives behind a bubble volcano, one stays on the other corner with some drift wood and the third keeps to the middle under a fake tree that looks like an old man 😃 but come together during feed and even share hunting grounds when I put snails in. I raise rams horn snails in a separate tank to keep them well fed but also offer Omega Carnivore Lovers frozen food about every three days or so. When you have a shoal of puffers like that do they behave differently? Do they keep their own area still or do they enjoy swimming around together the majority of the time? Have you had them breed? I'm hoping I'll have as much enjoyment out of the Red Eye Puffers, I think I will try either Ember Tetras or Rummy Nose Tetras worse case scenario I add the tetras to my tetra tank if they refuse tank mates.

Hello Everyone, A few questions about red eye puffers, I currently purchased three which I thought were females turned out to be males. They seem to get along fairly well except the largest one defends an area of the tank but observation is in progress at this point. I have several sight line breaks with plants / decor and they do not "chase" each other just flare and run off. Is it possible to place a red eye puffer into a tetra community tank or with an angelfish, corycats and kuli loaches? I have watched Cory's Puffer talk so many times and I purchased General Cure to 'deworm' them, should I give them more time to settle into their tank or should I dose them now, I've had them for three days? My LFS said they never medicate their fish for anything and didn't really know anything about the puffers except they ordered them and got them in. Also, I've had my pea puffer tank going for 7 months and never dewormed them, is it too late or should I go ahead? I've not observed any signs of internal parasites with them and they came from Aqua Huna but I know the video recommended it because puffers are usually wild caught. Also, can I add ember tetras to my Red Eye puffer tank as a dither fish? In my Pea Puffer tank I have 7 neon tetras and a bristle nose pleco which had worked out amazingly well and I was wanting to recreate something like that with the Red Eye Puffer tank. I am currently growing a baby bristlenose up (so cute) ❤️ which I will add once he or she is large enough. If you haven't seen the puffer talk video I will link it below it is one of my favorites and I feel like even if you don't have puffers you will enjoy it. My favorite part is "Cucumbers are bad because they kill people (perspective point) 🤣 , I think everyone will laugh at some point during this talk worth a watch.

Mine came with a $5000 water damage coverage for Non Flood Damage. Which probably means leaking pipes or water heater busting but I would assume it would fall under that part of the policy but I'm not sure.

You think the Owner of the LFS would call and ask him? lol I am so curious I would love to know the answer, hopefully someone here knows. 😃

Don't look a gift cory cat in the mouth lol

Thanks @DavidR for that tip with the pump. I have a left over pond pump when I upgraded mine last year, that is a genius hack!

You are doing such a great thing for these animals but also for the school. I hope a lot of young students catch the fish/eel keeping bug from admiring your hard work and dedication! "Heroes Don't Always Wear Capes"

Just wondering what everyone feeds (brands and types) and what fish you're feeding. I have fed my 2 Leopard Bush fish 'Ctenpomna' and 2 bala sharks aqueon shrimp pellets for three years and frozen Omega Carnivore Lovers. Recently, Aqueon must have changed their formula (grrr) and now the pellets swell making a mess and once they swell even my Cory's snub their barbels up at it. So, I'm looking for a new option on the pellet. Something that floats for a bit then sinks for the Cory's and balas preferred. I also feed pea puffers carnivore lovers and ramshorn snails (recently purchased vitachem to help too). Angels get Hikari Vibrabites, carnivore lovers, and API Pellets (which are too small for my Leopard Bush fish. (Soon BBS too Thanks to The DIY hatchery post on this form 😊 Thank You @Fish Folk) My tetras with a silver dollar gets Aqueon flakes, the shrimp pellets (for Cory's and Pleco), API pellets, and Algaemax pellets for silver dollar and albino shark Also, anyone with Leopard Bush fish, do you feed crickets? A girl at Petco recommended it but I wasn't sure if it's a good idea or not. Have a Fintastic day 🐠🐠🐠 Holli / kilrkitty08

I'm a 30 something female with a husband who thinks I'm in a Aquarium based cult online 😂. It's hard to talk about fish things with someone who's eyes glaze over at the start. The people who have aquariums that I know are about equal men and women. I wonder if the types of fish are more gender based though. Ive noticed more of my guy aquarium friends keep Oscars and chiclids and the women tend to keep guppies, goldfish and platies.