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Old 03-06-2003, 06:01 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Question Help with a 10 gallon

Hi, I am new to brackish, and I have a 10 gallon brackish tank with 2 dwarf puffers and 1 spotted puffer. Here are my questions.

Do active carbon filter work?

Does the bacteria that is used in undergravel filters and biowheels grow in brackish?

any other advice if greatly appreciated.

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Old 03-06-2003, 07:00 PM   #2 (permalink)
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yes and yes!!
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Old 03-06-2003, 07:19 PM   #3 (permalink)
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ummmm... dwarf puffers aint brackish
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Old 03-06-2003, 07:31 PM   #4 (permalink)
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well they came from the pet store in brackish water
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Old 03-06-2003, 08:39 PM   #5 (permalink)
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well pet stores are wrong alot, pet stores are worse then fish stores but neither cna be trusted, if they are really dwarf puffers they should not be in there
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Old 03-06-2003, 09:23 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Well actulyl it was a "fish" store, specializing in FISH

They are doing well in it, its not really salty, just slightly.
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Old 03-06-2003, 10:06 PM   #7 (permalink)
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ok, well you can still never trust a fish store, you said pet store at first, ive seen dwarf puffers in brackish tanks at mine also but it does not make them brackish, it is still best to remove them, btw how much salt is in the tank?
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Old 03-07-2003, 02:17 PM   #9 (permalink)
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theres about 1 table spoon to the gallon.

Thanks madhippos, finally someone has complemented something of mine. lol
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id do a 25% water change tommarow and they day after with freshwater to cut back on the salt and keep it like that until you can get a proper tank for the dwarfs, as for the spotted they are born in freshwater to light brackish and yours looks small so it sohuld be ok in lightly salted for a while
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