Hello all.

Soon i am planning on moving my puffer fish to my 30 gallon or maybe a 55. The main question is about going about altering the water chemistry for the fish to adapt to properly.

What is my best way to make my tank brackish and also the filter suitable for the brackish water? any info from the pro's would be sweet.

thanks!!

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Dom

what puffer is it dom? are you sure its brackish? if so why not just use the water thats in its tank, transfer it over just top up with new brackish if needed

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WHO'S YA DADDY

Yeah thats an idea, i was just wondering if i needed to re cycle the tank to brackish.

Do you think my lfs would set r o water up with the right salinity levels?

thanks Telboy.

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Dom

dom, will you be using the same filter?

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WHO'S YA DADDY

Yeah the filter has served the tank well with clean water and it would mean extra costs to me which i would like to avoid. i will convert some media though.

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Dom

so if ive got this right...youre transfering a fish from 1 tank to another/using the water from orig' tank + the same filter which has been running in the orig' tank? if this is right theres no need to cycle, itll be just like doing a large water change

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Cool thats good to hear, im not by any means an expert on bacteria or fishkeeping in that matter.

i just had the impression that the bacteria would be different between freshwater and brackish.

thanks

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Dom

if the puffa has been living in fresh ok why do you want to change it to brakish. Is it a freshwater puffa or a brackish species.

dom, as keith has said + myself earlier in this thread what puffer is it? is it a freshwater type? if so why change it to brackish??? not all puffers live in salted or brackish water

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Its a brackish puffer, my little gsp's

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Dom