The Puffer Forum

Live rock will be effectively fully cured when you can run your tests and not get any cycling results (minimal ammonia, nitrates, and nitrites) there is just a lot of stuff that will die off on those rocks, or decay if already dead, and it will throw those things off. A lot of people swear by skimme...

No. More than likely pouring the salt strait into the tank it will not dissolve before settling into the sand, at which point you'll add more to get it to the correct SG, then the stuff in the sand will slowly dissolve and possibly raise your SG beyond what you want. Always premix your salt water. I...

Depending on the damsel, some of those can get pretty aggressive, and once they are in your tank with live rock, have fun getting that bugger out. I have one of the most amusing damsels I have ever seen, he is named pikachu due to peaking at everyone from behind rock work in the tank. And if i remem...

Sorry to hear about your puffer. One reason I saw my short lived puffer inflate was choking. I was feeding him a rosie (I know, I know, don't need to tell me) and he swallowed it sideways, he kind of made a hiccup motion a couple times, then every time he did it he inflated a little. soon he was ful...

ahh, yeah I didnt see that they got that big, I have only seen them small personally. With short search... maybe the blue throat trigger...

Any other suggestions for tank mates in a 75g would be appreciated!

It does indeed stay smaller, especially since the LFS says that 9 times out of 10 the distributor sends him the D. Hystrix (3' porc) which there is NO way I could possibly get a tank to handle that beast. I am starting to think that a burrfish is a good idea, and maybe try a niger trigger with him, ...

I have never dewormed a fish, I would imagine it is putting a medicine in their food? It seems to me that the tank mate choice ends up being purely up to the personality of the burrfish? I read about your puffer a bit actually and thats what made me decide it may be worth a shot after you suggested ...

It has been suggested that for a 75g I try the burrfish as opposed to the porc puffer. I have looked into them as much as I could find, and they intrigue me. How different are they to care for than a porc? I need more information! It has been mentioned that they tend to not adapt to aquarium life so...

True! storage drums with shutoff valves and such are nice for large amounts of water. It will take me quite a while to initially fill the 75 though... maybe I will do the initial water with tap that I can dechlorinate and then just slowly get rid of the tap water by using the RODI for water changes....

Dont need a dechlorinator, I have a RODI unit The only way to roll in salt water.

I understand the concerns for keeping a porc in a 75g tank, though I plan on buying the thing at 2" or less if I can manage, so i figure I can get a few good years out of the 75 before I need to upgrade, I would really like to do a 120 or so sometimes anyways and that would just be motivation, ...

Allright, let me go over my idea here and you could kindly criticize the bejesus out of it for me and make it correct and then I can start making plans! For the main tank I would set it up with lights, heater, 1.009sg water and a spare magnum 350 canister filter. No sand, No rock, nothing but fishy ...

I am glad that it appears as though it IS fixable. That does seem like a lot of work, however it may be worth it. I am setting up a new tank as it is, it is not cycled, not even filled or anything yet. If I were to cycle it at 1.009SG and have everything set at that then have an acclimation tank rea...

Some of you may remember my fight with my adopted porc and his bout of ich and whatever got him due to stress and lowered imunity due to not eating healthy and fighting off the ich. Well I have been researching around local stores and such in hopes of maybe getting another, a baby this time that I c...

Well, I already knew to start with healthy fish, but he was such a puppy and was getting treated so horribly even when sick that I had to at least try to give him a chance.