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by CanuckPuffer
Fri Jun 10, 2011 12:14 pm
Forum: Hospital
Topic: GSP having trouble eatting
Replies: 3
Views: 751

Re: GSP having trouble eatting

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by CanuckPuffer
Mon Jun 06, 2011 10:50 pm
Forum: Hospital
Topic: GSP having trouble eatting
Replies: 3
Views: 751

GSP having trouble eatting

Hi, All. GSP 3.5", has been having trouble eating. It is a 75 Gal tank, 60 lbs of live rock, 30 gal sump, chaeto and caulupera in the fuge area. There is a bio pellet reactor as well as a phosban reactor with carbon at the top of the chamber. It has a cone protein skimmer rated for 120 Gal heav...
by CanuckPuffer
Tue Apr 05, 2011 8:30 am
Forum: Brackish Puffers
Topic: Things to Ponder and wonder
Replies: 10
Views: 809

Re: Things to Ponder and wonder

Pufferpunk-- are you speaking from experience? I had mine for over two years before an angry lobster took it's head off along with a sleeping blenny's tail. He got put on permanant vacation in the refugium. I know multiple people who have had them for years. They do require alittle more attention, m...
by CanuckPuffer
Mon Apr 04, 2011 11:20 pm
Forum: Brackish Puffers
Topic: Things to Ponder and wonder
Replies: 10
Views: 809

Re: Things to Ponder and wonder

Thanks for the welcome Blaine
by CanuckPuffer
Mon Apr 04, 2011 11:07 pm
Forum: Brackish Puffers
Topic: Things to Ponder and wonder
Replies: 10
Views: 809

Re: Things to Ponder and wonder

J-P, sorry, I meant to say i used to live a hour south. In Tweed. I feed a homemade food to my puffers, along with dried kryll, ghost shrimp, live snails and frozen snails. The homemade food has squid, dried flake food, pellets, kryll, seaweed, salmon, clams, snails (shells and all), scallops all pu...
by CanuckPuffer
Mon Apr 04, 2011 6:03 pm
Forum: Brackish Puffers
Topic: Things to Ponder and wonder
Replies: 10
Views: 809

Re: Things to Ponder and wonder

I posted it in marine as well. Was not sure where it really belonged. I have salt water tanks as well, so marine to me is 1.022 and higher. But from reading some other posts, people are talking about 1.015 as marine.

J-P, thanks for the welcome, I am from a hour south of you.
by CanuckPuffer
Mon Apr 04, 2011 4:39 pm
Forum: Marine Puffers
Topic: Looking for advice and info
Replies: 2
Views: 606

Looking for advice and info

Hi All, great forum. I have read a few and gotten some great info. I have had two puffers for about two years now, both GSP's. One is 3.5" long and the other 2". I a preparing to move them into their new home, a 75 gallon corner tank, 24" high with 1.5" of sand. They are living i...
by CanuckPuffer
Mon Apr 04, 2011 4:37 pm
Forum: Brackish Puffers
Topic: Things to Ponder and wonder
Replies: 10
Views: 809

Things to Ponder and wonder

Hi All, great forum. I have read a few and gotten some great info. I have had two puffers for about two years now, both GSP's. One is 3.5" long and the other 2". I a preparing to move them into their new home, a 75 gallon corner tank, 24" high with 1.5" of sand. They are living i...