Green Spotted Puffer Fish Care - Mixing Brackish
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Aquarium green Spotted Puffer Fish Care is not the easiest. These are brackish water and need a good filter. I advise the aquaclear 110. Here is a link:
Aquaclear 110 Filter: http://amzn.to/2A0a9EG
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Who can give me some lowdown on snail breeder tanks? What species is the most productive? Easiest parameters to get spawning? Any pictures or personal experiences are valued contributions!
Looking for a truly explosive population of feeders to start up my husbands Pufferfish tank.
I just buy plants that are guaranteed snail free and wait a week or two, boom instant tank of snails. Haha. But you probably mean the ornanmental snails. I think, while each one has it's own unique requirements, feeding a group of snails lots of veggies like zucchini and spinach gets them in the mood.
not necessarily ornamentals, I should pry have specified I needed an explosive population of even the homeliest of snails to start up my husbands Puffer Tank Was already anticipating a diet of homemade Snello & whatnot to keep them- and the fish eating them- in the best of moods.
Ok yeah then bladder snails are what you want. Just have a cycled tank with cover, I'd just suggest any big piece(s) of driftwood on the bottom and any plant you want. Dont pay anything for the snails just ask for them from any fish store, they will have some.
I brought ramshorns (7 adults) they breed quick I got a bladder snail on accident when I brought a plant and 1 bladder snail has laid more eggs then my ramshorn. Bladder snails will breed faster than most, and small ramshorn snails breed pretty quickly too. It's better not to mix them though, because ramshorn snails eat the eggs of other snail species. I have both and feed both to my puffers.
Bladder snails will breed faster than most, and small ramshorn snails breed pretty quickly too. It's better not to mix them though, because ramshorn snails eat the eggs of other snail species. I have both and feed both to my puffers. I have snails in outdoor tubs with water plants (I'm in the tropics, so don't need to have them in a tank inside). But they're also established in my livebearer tanks and I just pull them out for the puffers sometimes.
The bladder snails look like footballs, and are on almost every plant. They breed fastest. They are all female, all lay eggs, and grow up very quickly. Ramshorn snails are second fastest.Malay trumpet snails are the third fastest, but they tend to hide in the substrate until they are overcrowded. You might want some for three reasons: 1 they hide in the gravel, so you might get a stable population in with the puffer tank. 2: they eat leftover food in any tank. 3 they're so cute.
Mystery snails are pretty fast breeders, but you have to leave space above the water for them to lay eggs. Also they get very big. I came upstairs and my cat was playing with a small brown ball. She only has one ball and it has a bell l in it. OMG I realized it was a snail. Those things can climb out of the tank? I put it back in the tank but I’m not sure if he still alive or not.
I also have reptiles and one of my cats ate a hole into one of my cricket boxes. I woke up to something crawling on me, and it was a bunch of crickets that my cat was chasing, and eating, in my bed. The buildup of ammonia and nitrates is what harms the fish and reduces water quality. You can add dechlorinated water in your aquarium at any time without bad effects, as long as the temperature is not too different and the water is reasonably clean.
As opposed to what some beginners might think, what gives the "cycle" to an aquarium are bacteria that lie within the filter media, not the water. Very few beneficial bacteria live within the water column. Tank water isn't cycled or not cycled. If anything never use old tankwater. Fish quite prefer new water (dechlorinated and same temp as their water). The cycle or beneficial bacteria live in filters, on gravel/sand, decorations, they do not live in water as they need a surface to attach themselves on.
No question is an odd question. If anything I am glad you are rather asking a question, so you can get things correct the first time. All right as for more clarification. If you have added filter media from your old tank, your new tank is already cycled. Though off course that depends on how much filter media you added. Now you need to keep those bacteria alive, which means adding artificial ammonia to the tank (since there are no fish) or those bacteria will die off. Also remember to dechlorinate the water as chlorine will kill the bacteria.
A simple example. I keep a couple of sponge filters in my sump, so they are seeded with bacteria. Whenever I need to setup a new tank (quarantine or med tank), I fill the new tank with clean tap water, dechlorinate it and add this sponge filter with an airpump and the new tank is ready for fish. Feel free to ask additional questions if you need clarifications.