The Puffer Forum

Lets just say, tempered glass isnt cheap. I think you'd be best to find a local forum for fish tanks (be it salwater, fresh, planted, reef, etc) and watch the sale forums. We have picked up many tanks really cheaply this way, even got a 75 for free because someone was throwing it out. Just takes tim...

I'll admit I'm not high up on the "high tech" side of planted tanks, I just have lights, a heater and HOT magnum filter, but I'd suspect that dosing ferts isnt going to help the problem with the BBA. On that note, I've also read that elevating your CO2 without having a decent amount of lig...

As mentioned above, people (myself in this case) note that their fish is happy, healthy, and active in freshwater. After I did some reading I began slowly acclimating my puffer to Brackish water, and she was a completely different fish. I'll admit the reasoning for pushing her to full marine conditi...

Well, things are going rather slow with her new home, so I figured that its about time to show off the tank she's coming from: http://workshopwebs.com/pictures/fish/Puffer/37Puffer/06March/0331/pufferFullTank.jpg http://workshopwebs.com/pictures/fish/Puffer/37Puffer/06March/0331/puffer2.jpg http://w...

I've tried acrylic panels in a glass tank - the silicone doesnt hold well - or at least reliably. When I get the glass cut, I leave about 1/16-1/8" on either side for just the reason you mentioned. Last thing I need is something else to worry about. Thanks for the heads up though! Always good t...

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http://workshopwebs.com/pictures/fish/Puffer/60Cube/06March/puffer29Sump.jpg Not to be a liar, heres my rendering. Water will drain into the high side in the 6" wide section in the back. It will overflow into the l-shaped area whichis where I will have my fuge, and then into the next section w...

Well, I wimped out (or rather, my wallet did) and I wont be doing the super cool interesting sump that I had rendered above. Too many complications and cost was going to be very prohibitive. I'm currently debating between a few different designs using a standard 29gal tank (30x12.5x18). I think that...

I can see where you might think its being wasted however, as with what others have said, its not. Your puffer will likely be much happier than say if you started it off in a 20gal tank because it looked fuller. :p Even if you upgraded the 20 gal tank to a 30, and then a 55 or whatever, its much less...

I tried, once, a marine snail in my puffers tank (which is also marine). It didnt end well for the snail. That being said, snails for marine environments are far to expensive to be puffer food. My sister's 55gal planted tank (freshwater) is more like a snail tank, and occasionally we'll grab a few s...

I have been under the impression (and tested myself) that RODI water does not need to be buffered when mixed with decent quality salt because RODI water has little to no buffering capabilities in and of itself (ie. if you add a gallon of RODI water to 10gal of salt/brackish water, it wont effect thi...

Yeah, I read about it somewhere on RC a while ago, and with smaller rocks it works great, however, this mamoth of a rock structre wouldnt fit in ANY of our toilets. :p I'm going to be using a garbage can to cure it, and my other rocks in. Due to the availability of good water (ie, watter without hig...

Yeah, I'm starting to cure it this weekend. Truth be told, I've never made a rock this large but in the past they havent taken more than a few weeks to cure getting multiple water changes daily (toilet tank) but this wont fit so I'm guestimating a month or two. After the salt in it has disolved, I a...

Well, two weeks ago I made the PVC closed loop, and also the agrocrete structure to go around it. I was in a hurry to get it out of the sand Sunday but the agrocrete wasnt really dry and cured so I decided to wait until the next time I was home (which happened to be today) to uncover the rocks. http...

http://workshopwebs.com/pictures/fish/Puffer/60Cube/06February/0227/paintedStand.jpg WOO HOO! I had some extra time today after I got off of work, so I reworked the stand a bit. The pieces that extend past the tank are so I have something to mount the side of the stand to and to cover the plumbing ...