The Puffer Forum

Just so you know, skimmers are always over-rated with relation to minimum tank size. Typically, aim for something which lists the minimum at roughly twice your tank's volume. So based on the above, your tank is roughly 90gal, aim for around 180gal worth of skimming power. It might sound like alot, b...

To answer your question in the first post, you can save money on just about every piece of equipment. The only exception is the skimmer. Buy the biggest, baddest, bestest (lol) one you can afford. Trust me, the difference between a good skimmer and a bad skimmer is incredible. A good one will mean l...

Pufferpunk wrote:I tried 3 different Copperbands to get them to eat aptasia--all 3 starved to death in a tank full of aptasia.

IME, copperbands will only eat aiptasia as a treat. It isn't substantial enough to be a full diet. What else were you feeding them?

Wow, I love the list! Just a few quick notes for you though. First, don't put a kaudern's and a pyjama cardinal by themselves in the same tank, they are both interesting fish and very peaceful species but tend not to get along so well together. I would go for a pair of one or the other. Secondly, Ca...

Yep, as above. Usually though, if you have a sump plumbed into your tank, you would put the fuge in there. Whatever works best for you though, there are few set rules in marine anyhow.

In nano tanks you really can't beat the Hydor Koralia nano, heaps of water movement for a little tank without being huge or power hungry. And yes, I'm with Nick, no issues on using the tank so long as it is leak-free. As for the sump, I'd be reading up on DSB's (yep, you got the acronym right :) ), ...

Yeah my bad, what was I on?! :P Anyway, I guess I would have meant what you plan on placing in it? Are you looking at a refugium and/or DSB? And the advice regarding teh bioballs is fair enough, but I think you'll find that they are unnecessary when you have LR in the tank, so they will pretty much ...

Oh, and there's no such thing as stupid questions, just stupid answers

Its ugly, but a good sign that your tank is maturing. Wiping them off the glass is a good option, also, reducing the nitrate levels in your tank (via water change/s) will help to kill it off. IME Trochus sp. snails also love the stuff and will happily eat it too, so if you haven't got any, you may w...

Is it true--only 1 firefish to a tank? Well that depends. It is extremely difficult to sex them. And even if you can, the chances of you being able to pair them off are even slimmer. With that said, I bought a pair of purple firefish and the coexisted happily. Unless you know that they are a pair t...

As to regarding the use of the sump, it depends what you are talking about. Setup? Different options of what to place in it? Or general maintenance? Mostly what you plan on keeping in the sump, rather than placement. I had (rightly or wrongly) assumed that you would have it under the tank. Maintena...

lighting is the least of your worries in a large sps tank Quite the contrary in fact, SPS corals have much higher requirements for lighting in order to prevent bleaching. Although you make a valid point on nutrient levels, my intention above was simply to lay it out for billysgirl4e that there are ...

Ok with regards to lighting, I think you guys are going about it the wrong way. So often people try to put a rule of "watts per gallon" to reef aquariums and the fact of the matter is, it ain't that simple. Power compacts for instance, don't have the penetrating power required for tanks of...

Hi there! Firstly, welcome to the world of marine keeping! I'm curious to know a little bit more about how much you know with regards to how you use a sump etc, but more on that later. Firstly, I can think of a few puffers that you can fit into a 75g quite happily. Valentini puffers are probably amo...