I am SO cunfused!!

little · 04-10-2006, 10:00 AM

I was planning on turning my puffer tank into brackish today, but what if there not brackish puffers? All I know for sure is there from the target group, I have looked up a bunch of target puffers last night and there area a few that my puffers can be,, Will I kill them if there not brackish? there still blackish, there water is ok, i tested it again last night ph is 7.2 ammonia is 0 nitrite is 0 and nitrate is 5. temp is 78-80F.<i think thats ok >i have one of them posted in my local freecycle, and i hate to give out the wrong info on them,i wish i knew 100% what target they where. there are a few with a main spot on the back of there body.
Tetraodon
turgidus
and
Tetraodon
cochinchinensis from the
puffer list and then they also look like Tetraodon abei from fishbase.
here is the link for a few pics of my guys

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/beware.../ph//my_photos

what do i do add salt? I worry about them being kind of blackish

Ownager2004 · 04-10-2006, 12:25 PM

Cant say I know much about puffers but I do have some tips about other stuff. First use aquarium salt. And secondly dont add all the salt at once... add it over the course of a week or so.

little · 04-10-2006, 01:10 PM

ok but if there not brackish will it slowly kill them? thats my big fear ...

flamingo · 04-10-2006, 04:15 PM

WEll, i'm not an expert on puffers, have only kept three species myself, but to me they look like tetraodon cochinchinensis, and it's a freshwater species. SO don't make your tank brackish. Also the aquarium salt thing is ridiculous (not trying to sound rude lol). The only salt that really makes it brackish is marine salt at about 1.008 or above for puffers, but this being a freshwater type, does not need it.

HTH

always35 · 04-10-2006, 04:24 PM

Hi m8
I have a brackish set up and use marine salt. Be careful as freshwater puffers will not do well in salt water, but there are many puffers that are brackish.
The best brackish I have at the moment are my shark cats , they are very active and spend all the time together

good luck if you do change over to brackish!!

Always

little · 04-10-2006, 04:40 PM

ok i have read that most puffers turn brackish as they grow. blah,,,, this is going to make me go insane,
salt or not to salt
i had added aquarium salt when the nitrires where bad,
i want to do the right thing for the puffers,

dfortunato · 06-11-2006, 01:44 PM

well, i dont have the same species of puffers as you do,but from my research i have learned that if you are going to change the enviorment of you puffers you have to do it very slowly,for they are very sensitive little guys,but if they seem to be ok you should be fine

04-10-2006, 10:00 AM	#1
little Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: central oregon,USA Age: 35 Posts: 119	I am SO cunfused!! I was planning on turning my puffer tank into brackish today, but what if there not brackish puffers? All I know for sure is there from the target group, I have looked up a bunch of target puffers last night and there area a few that my puffers can be,, Will I kill them if there not brackish? there still blackish, there water is ok, i tested it again last night ph is 7.2 ammonia is 0 nitrite is 0 and nitrate is 5. temp is 78-80F.<i think thats ok >i have one of them posted in my local freecycle, and i hate to give out the wrong info on them,i wish i knew 100% what target they where. there are a few with a main spot on the back of there body. Tetraodon turgidus and Tetraodon cochinchinensis from the puffer list and then they also look like Tetraodon abei from fishbase. here is the link for a few pics of my guys http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/beware.../ph//my_photos what do i do add salt? I worry about them being kind of blackish __________________

04-10-2006, 01:10 PM	#3
little Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: central oregon,USA Age: 35 Posts: 119	ok but if there not brackish will it slowly kill them? thats my big fear ... __________________

04-10-2006, 04:15 PM	#4
flamingo One Word: Croutons. Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Wisconsin Age: 17 Posts: 1,899	WEll, i'm not an expert on puffers, have only kept three species myself, but to me they look like tetraodon cochinchinensis, and it's a freshwater species. SO don't make your tank brackish. Also the aquarium salt thing is ridiculous (not trying to sound rude lol). The only salt that really makes it brackish is marine salt at about 1.008 or above for puffers, but this being a freshwater type, does not need it. HTH __________________ If you put "u" instead of typing out the actual, shocking, three letter word... i'm not going to read your ramblings. I'm so behind it's not even funny.

04-10-2006, 04:40 PM	#6
little Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: central oregon,USA Age: 35 Posts: 119	ok i have read that most puffers turn brackish as they grow. blah,,,, this is going to make me go insane, salt or not to salt i had added aquarium salt when the nitrires where bad, i want to do the right thing for the puffers, __________________

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04-10-2006, 12:25 PM	#2
Ownager2004 L33t n00b Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Athens, Ohio Age: 25 Posts: 466	Cant say I know much about puffers but I do have some tips about other stuff. First use aquarium salt. And secondly dont add all the salt at once... add it over the course of a week or so.

04-10-2006, 04:24 PM	#5
always35 Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: swansea wales uk Posts: 47	Hi m8 I have a brackish set up and use marine salt. Be careful as freshwater puffers will not do well in salt water, but there are many puffers that are brackish. The best brackish I have at the moment are my shark cats , they are very active and spend all the time together good luck if you do change over to brackish!! Always

06-11-2006, 01:44 PM	#7
dfortunato Fishy Member Join Date: May 2006 Age: 29 Posts: 12	well, i dont have the same species of puffers as you do,but from my research i have learned that if you are going to change the enviorment of you puffers you have to do it very slowly,for they are very sensitive little guys,but if they seem to be ok you should be fine

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