I heard about having a "salt cup" in a freshwater fish tank that puffers can live in. I saw it in a fish tank at Wal-Mart, it was essentially an open petrie dish of salt, and puffers were huddled in it, or at least not too far from it. How would I go about doing this? Anyone familiar with this?
2007-05-26 12:02:35 · 9 answers · asked by cristennamarie 2 in Pets ➔ Fish
Well, considering that salt dissolves in water, you won't get separate areas of salt and freshwater in the same tank after a few minutes if there's a filter to circulate the water. What was in the Petrie dish had to be something other than typical salt. It may have been a zeolite (looks like small white/clear rocks) to remove ammonia from the tank, because puffers are extremely sensitive to this. Did you ask what was in the cup, or is salt an assumption you made?
Do you know what type of puffers were in the tank? Dwarf puffers are a freshwater species and prefer no salt in the tank. WalMarts also sell green spotted puffers as freshwater fish, but these do need some salt as juveniles, and near marine conditions as adults.
At any rate, mixing puffers with any other fish usually isn't a good idea. Puffers tend to nip fins and are generally aggressive.
2007-05-26 20:08:51 · answer #1 · answered by copperhead 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i was informed the same thing and tried it with a dwarf puffer, 2 guppies(one which was pregnant), 2 white clouds, and 2 mollies. 2 weeks have passed now and all have died but the puffer and now he looks as though he is ready to go... i wouldn't advise it .
2007-05-26 14:16:48 · answer #2 · answered by kitten g 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wal-Mart sucks. Don't do this. I don't know what they are doing but it doesn't sound right to me. Wal-Mart sells "stuff" and doesn't have much concern about pets.
2007-05-26 12:36:56 · answer #3 · answered by Sunday P 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't do it! Wal*Mart has no knowledge of fish keeping.
2007-05-28 09:51:43 · answer #4 · answered by Chris 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't mix freshwater and saltwater fish togethor you will end up killing them both.
2007-05-26 12:14:52 · answer #5 · answered by Mack 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't mix salt water fish with fresh water fish! I would't try it, you'll lose your fish!
2007-05-26 12:12:05 · answer #6 · answered by jra60411 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Who ever told you that is STUPID!
Dont listen to them!
YOU CAN NOT DO THAT!
2007-05-26 12:15:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO NO NO! They will all die! That's not cool!
2007-05-26 13:07:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO YOU CANT MIX BOTH
2007-05-26 12:10:06 · answer #9 · answered by ACKER 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋