@puff_spots

Recent replies

• Fish, corals & invertsSep 14, 8:33 PM
  ↳ Picking a clownfish pair for the 40 breeder
  Two small ones works fine if theyre both juveniles and about the same size. The bigger one turns female. Bonded pair is nice if you dont want to wait.
• Planted tanks & aquascapingSep 4, 1:33 AM
  ↳ Monte carlo melting 2 weeks after planting
  Keep the CO2 steady and dont keep moving it around. I lost about half of mine to melt and a month later the carpet had filled in.
• Goldfish & coldwaterAug 13, 10:33 PM
  ↳ Goldfish outgrew the 20 gallon, what now
  If theyre fancies a 40 would be ok for two. If theyre commons or comets they really need a pond eventually, those get huge.
• Pests & diseaseAug 5, 1:33 AM
  ↳ Aiptasia showing up everywhere, peppermint shrimp or berghia?
  I used aiptasia-x on the ones I could reach and a peppermint for the rest. Took about a month but theyre gone.
• Freshwater fish, plants & invertsJun 19, 4:19 AM
  ↳ First betta — 5 gallon enough or am I setting myself up?
  One thing pet stores skip — float the bag, drip acclimate slow. Bettas come in tiny water, pH swing kills them fast. Feeding: tiny pinch once a day to start. These guys get fat quick.
• Freshwater fish, plants & invertsJun 19, 2:21 AM
  ↳ First betta — 5 gallon enough or am I setting myself up?
  5 gallon works if it's actually 5 and not one of those "3 gallon" boxes that lie on the label. Filter matters more than people think — sponge filter is fine, just don't blast the betta with flow. I'd cycle it. Even a betta hates ammonia. Fish-in with daily Prime and testing works if you're impatient, but since you already test for reef stuff just do the boring fishless week.