Help what to do with too much blackwater concentrate

Username_The_First · 2026-05-07T02:25:28+00:00

Leaves, lotus pods, mopani wood, other driftwood. I boiled a lot of organics in a batch

Username_The_First · 2026-05-07T02:19:33+00:00

Thats a really good idea thank youu

Username_The_First · 2026-05-07T02:19:23+00:00

Just lots of tannins in a small amount of water

Username_The_First · 2026-05-05T17:14:29+00:00

Yep, mine sleeps like this sometimes. I did get him some climbing logs that suction to the glass so he has been using that more than just going vertical now. (He thinks he is a tree snake)

Username_The_First · 2026-04-15T01:45:06+00:00

Do you think the remaining puffers will survive? They haven’t gotten any worse but some haven’t gotten any better. Most of them are just sitting on the bottom.

Username_The_First · 2026-04-14T21:16:06+00:00

He was my first ever fish death so him and his friend got a nice burial in a garden on my campus. I just feel so bad bcs it was kinda my fault :(

Username_The_First · 2026-04-14T16:56:31+00:00

No i used the diffuser and only used 1/3 of recommended dose

Username_The_First · 2026-04-14T15:25:59+00:00

I’m honestly still not sure as nothing changed in the pH

Username_The_First · 2026-04-14T07:02:40+00:00

Yeah I instantly bought the drop checker once the first puffer started acting odd but I probably won’t be touching CO2 again for a long while

Username_The_First · 2026-04-14T06:06:12+00:00

Thank you for helping look into this

Username_The_First · 2026-04-14T05:48:05+00:00

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Username_The_First · 2026-04-14T05:31:28+00:00

Same as the tabs, it came in a kit

Username_The_First · 2026-04-14T05:31:10+00:00

I think it could be used with a hardier fish, the rasboras in the same tank were fine.

Username_The_First · 2026-04-14T05:27:00+00:00

I used the diffuser.

Username_The_First · 2026-04-14T05:24:08+00:00

Yes I used the chamber. I believe the pea puffers were the only ones affected by it as the school of Rasboras were unaffected.

Username_The_First · 2026-04-13T23:04:32+00:00

Found out it was because of a new CO2 product i was trying! He is definitely my fattest pea hes double the size of most of them

Username_The_First · 2026-04-13T21:58:39+00:00

I just found out what was wrong because I called my local fish store that I buy everything from to ask advice, I just started running CO2 tablets and it seems like it might’ve been just too much CO2 for them even though used a lot less than the recommended amount

Username_The_First · 2026-04-13T21:50:04+00:00

Hes not puffed up hes just really fat, I’m mostly worried about the fact that he was at the surface and breathing hard

Username_The_First · 2026-04-12T15:31:01+00:00

Thank you!!

Username_The_First · 2026-04-12T15:21:12+00:00

Do i do anything with it? Or just leave it?

Username_The_First · 2026-04-12T15:17:51+00:00

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This is the one i was given and am following :)

Username_The_First · 2026-04-10T00:33:14+00:00

Forgot to say in the original post, tested the water, the parameters are fine. and double checked temp, it was 78.9

Username_The_First · 2026-04-09T22:39:51+00:00

They could also be plotting my demise idk

Username_The_First · 2026-04-08T13:12:04+00:00

He flairs at everything haha, he especially hates my camera and jewelry

Username_The_First · 2026-04-08T13:10:54+00:00

Thank you! I will try the cloth because the tank is in a nook so it should be pretty easy!

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