My new immaculate puffer

[Welch4]

It does look like an immaculate. And yes more rock and get your skimmer pump asap. Im in the same bost as you right now, working with no skimmer. But i have been doing 50% weeklies while i set money aside for a remora.

[Pufferpunk]

Looks to be... What were they selling him as?

[BedScien]

Interesting discussion!
if it had come from an established tank with LR, I should think it might be possible for it to have been seeded by the types of life which prefer the surface of the rock - Being in a home aquarium, how deep could it really have been buried?

Would be interested to see how it works out for you, if you kept the rock as is.

[Welch4]

Additionally you should ditch the bubbler. In a salt tank its just going to cause spray, creep, and will etch your canopies.

[dma1976]

Additionally you should ditch the bubbler. In a salt tank its just going to cause spray, creep, and will etch your canopies.

Agreed. I only use bubblers when medicating- they also speed up evaporation, I loose enough water without help.

Beautiful Puffer by the way..... Congrats!

[BedScien]

Additionally you should ditch the bubbler. In a salt tank its just going to cause spray, creep, and will etch your canopies.

Agreed. I only use bubblers when medicating- they also speed up evaporation, I loose enough water without help.

Beautiful Puffer by the way..... Congrats!

so do you use a venturi or anything? how do you keep your water aerated?

[Welch4]

As it stands now i have one power head aimed at the surface for agitation and a hob refugium. I have pearling on all of my macro and the small amount of nuisance alga on my live rock.

[FishAdict]

I apologize for not adding where I got the rock. So basically more live rock and to get my skimmer going asap?
Also just to double check, was I correct in thinking this is an immaculate puffer?

Yes, get more live rock asap. Base rock when seeded with established live rock takes a minimum of 6 months to more like a year to become "live". Think of the live rock as your biological filter system, the more you have the better off and more stable your system will be. A good quality skimmer is always a plus as well since it helps filter and clean the water, basically keeping the unwanted bacteria out.

Yes it looks like an Immaculatus puffer

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod ... catid=3040

[Sterling]

Wow thanks for the great feedback everybody I really appreciate it! Ok will get rid of the bubbles and find more proper live rock. They sold him as a dog face puffer. Luckily I got a nice christmas bonus and going to get my skimmer tomorrow or the day after.

[Pufferpunk]

Please do read up on how to treat new LR you purchase.

[BedScien]

As it stands now i have one power head aimed at the surface for agitation and a hob refugium. I have pearling on all of my macro and the small amount of nuisance alga on my live rock.

oh sweet

I had my venturi off for a while recently as i was running my external skimmer in the day. My GSP seemed to pace less then but that might be a coincidence :S I'm gonna go back to running the skimmer when I get to make it all sturdy and fail safe because as it stands I don't trust the thing not to flood the floor if it springs a leak or something like that.

[Sterling]

Thank you pufferpunk I will def read up on it.

[Sterling]

Ok so a quick update, I got a nice skimmer rated for a 200l tank, still fine tuning it. Going to get proper live rock next week. I'm treating the puff with prazi for 5 days, he's very interactive and eating well. He puffed up for my sister's boyfriend (will post a pic) ,and the boyfriend didn't do anything to him but it only lasted long enough to take a quick blurry pic. He and the maroon clown basically ignore each other.

[hadla]

They don't seem to stay puffed long... They'll puff right in front of you and as soon as they see a phone/camera, they'll deflate lol

[Sterling]

Here is the pic