Valentini puffer
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Valentini puffer
Ok setting up a new 29 gallon reef tank and my plan fish wise is:
1 clown
1 diamond watchman goby
1 valentini
2 cardinals
Inverts:
1-2 red skunk cleaner shrimp
1 sea urchin
1 sand sifting star
numerous soft corals such as polyps, LPS, ect..
1 or 2 anemones
30 or so lbs of live rock
Will this work with the valentini? One LFS i went to told me oh ya this will work, then another said NO, don't get a valentini.
Thoughts?
1 clown
1 diamond watchman goby
1 valentini
2 cardinals
Inverts:
1-2 red skunk cleaner shrimp
1 sea urchin
1 sand sifting star
numerous soft corals such as polyps, LPS, ect..
1 or 2 anemones
30 or so lbs of live rock
Will this work with the valentini? One LFS i went to told me oh ya this will work, then another said NO, don't get a valentini.
Thoughts?
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Re: Valentini puffer
Too small for all that life in there.
It's amazing how easy maintenance is. If done regularly and thoroughly
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Re: Valentini puffer
Lose the shrimp, sand sifting star and an anemone?
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Re: Valentini puffer
I would keep the bottom feeders and loose a fish or two. Those who live on the bottom are often so underrated. Scrap the clown ( they can be nasty boogers) also scrap the cardinals, focus on the valentini. Build the tank around your first fish choice
It's amazing how easy maintenance is. If done regularly and thoroughly
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Re: Valentini puffer
+1 also along the same lines, don't forget how much water volume you are losing with the LR a sump or refugium would help you out.
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Re: Valentini puffer
How about a single dwarf lion to replace the cards and clown? Also I am going out of town in mid sept, should I just leave it empty untill then?
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Re: Valentini puffer
People around here will never suggest keeping a puffer and a lion together.
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Re: Valentini puffer
I agree completely. 1 valentini or 1 lion or 3 cardinals or 2 clownfish. NO anemones in a tank that small.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
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Re: Valentini puffer
Awe, so if I got a valentini i could only have it? Any other combos I could do?
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Re: Valentini puffer
I didn't even notice the anemone, they need to be introduced into a mature tank that is a year or older and require a ton of light plus a larger tank very difficult to keep.
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Re: Valentini puffer
Valentini, can I put anything else with it?
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Re: Valentini puffer
this is why I thought i could have a few more fish: viewtopic.php?f=6&t=15130
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Re: Valentini puffer
anyone?
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Re: Valentini puffer
And???1Cheesehead wrote:this is why I thought i could have a few more fish: viewtopic.php?f=6&t=15130
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"