Dwarf Puffer
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Some aquarists add a small amount of aquarium salt, say one teaspoon per 10 gallons to the water in order to help prevent ich and keep the fins healthy. I think this is what they meant as conditioning salt. This small amount should not harm DPs or any other freshwater fish.
I do not add salt to my tanks however. Once you start adding stuff to the tank you can get into trouble over time. Best to keep that water as pure as possible IMO.
I do not add salt to my tanks however. Once you start adding stuff to the tank you can get into trouble over time. Best to keep that water as pure as possible IMO.
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Dwarf puffers I believe are supposed to be brackish water. However, they are one of those fish that are easily weened into freshwater AND saltwater. My lfs successfully weened a batch into saltwater over a period of a month or so. I've also seen them at wal-mart and petsmart. I asked the employees at both stores what type of water they are in because I noticed the label in both stores said brackish. The wal-mart tank was pure freshwater with no aquarium salt while the petsmart tank was indeed brackish, he showed me with a hydrometer.
So with that said, to be safe, when you get your puffers, float their bag for 15 min and then drip acclimate them for an hour or so to help them get used to your water chemistry. It would also help if you make sure that the place you buy them from also keeps them in freshwater to prevent unecessary stress. Hope that helps, Good Luck!
So with that said, to be safe, when you get your puffers, float their bag for 15 min and then drip acclimate them for an hour or so to help them get used to your water chemistry. It would also help if you make sure that the place you buy them from also keeps them in freshwater to prevent unecessary stress. Hope that helps, Good Luck!
DPs are strictly FW fish & would die very quickly in SW. You must have been seeing juvie green spotted puffers. I killed my 1st DPs by forcing them into low-end BW.
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Yeah, as the above poster stated, dwarf puffers are strictly freshwater. I have never seen them in Wal-Mart, but I have seen them in PetSmart, and the tag says nothing about being brackish, or needing salt for that matter. Wal-Mart regularly carries the green spotted puffers, though, which are brackish. Also, PetSmart does not and has never salted their systems with marine salt.. The specific gravity should not have been affected by aquarium salt.. perhaps you were in PETCO.
Actually, once I think about it, they were indeed green spotted puffers. My Bad! :duh::hitting:
Sorry for the confusion. Ignore my ramblings. :grinyes:
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we stopped carrying the puffers at my petsmart about a month ago ( i have the last 2 in my tank at home). I don't know if its nationwide but I know there isn't a store in the northern virginia district that carries them, so i'm assuming it is. maybe have to go online or see about ordering from a lfs.
and yeah, petsmart doesn't add any marine salt to their tanks, so i dunno if you confused about what store or something.
and yeah, petsmart doesn't add any marine salt to their tanks, so i dunno if you confused about what store or something.
