New to forum And setting up ready for puffa

[Janzie]

Thanks for advice so this tank will do for a few months
And then get the bigger tank done quicker he is in the shop
With a hush puppy puffa smaller tank than mine so my tank
Must be better for it even just for a bit looking at making rock
Then get 15kg live rock and mix with it
So bigger tank info now doing own rock and putting live rock
In then do i put ro salt water and the bacteria starter stuff the
Shop gave me then leave for a few weeks dose it take a long time
To seed the rock
Need help i think as not asking the shop any more

[Pufferpunk]

Please do not purchase this fish, until you have the proper housing for it! Life happens... & many fish NEVER get upgraded! Get a GSP, they are just as cute & personable as the porc & can remain in that tank for it's entire life (although it would prefer a 55g).

[Arny]

Don't spend £700 on Live Rock you can buy it second hand for £5 per kilo. (Most LFS sell theirs for £15!)

You need 1kg of LR for every 2 gallons of water

Join the following forum and ask if anyone is selling LR
http://www.ultimatereef.net/forums/index.php

[Janzie]

Well got the tank set up all cycled and ready he will look lost in this tank as he is not even an inch big wife has named him george

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[bertie 83]

Hi how's it going, spent a lot of time in your area a few years back (had a girlfriend up there). The advise for the sooner upgrade is good, the tank can mature with the fish. If you get as much secondhand live rock as you can and bulk out with dry rock, by the time your puffer gets bigger the dry rock will be live. Welcome to the forum

[Janzie]

This is george getting ready to go into his new tank

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[Janzie]

And when setting up lights then guess what happened

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[El Scorpio]

Cute porky. And, nice setup! Now all you gotta do is set up a 120 gallon tank to look just like that. You'd beter get started on that now; you don't have much time.

[puffykid]

And when setting up lights then guess what happened

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aaaww <3

[Pufferpunk]

How long did you cycle the tank? Did you test the parameters, before adding the puffer?

[Janzie]

The tank was set up for about three weeks the shop gave us some bacteria to put in then we had to take the water in every week to make sure ok
He is doing good i think i need to change the lights as he puffs up some times when the lights come on but he know nows that is feeding time as he gets back to normal then comes to the front ready for his food
What is best temperature for the porky thanks
Dose he need plants was told in the shop dose not need plants

[puffykid]

You shouldn't rely on them to test your waters, get a salt water test kit(api salt water master kit). Also how did you feed the bacteria over the 3 weeks that you didn't have fish in there?

[Janzie]

They gave me to glass tubes that i had to put in the water then put established live rock they said it would be ok in few days but left it a week they tested the water and said was good but we left it another week to be sure.
We also got a seneye water test system which says tempriture is 77 and ph is 8.11 nh3 is 0.001

What is best ph and tempriture thanks

[El Scorpio]

The pH is fine at 8.1 as long as it stays constant. Temp is fine right where it is, too. The more you say this LFS tells you the less I like it - get an ammonia test kit asap and keep a close eye on the tank for ammonia.

[bertie 83]

A huge plus 1. It is not good to run any tank without the correct testing kit, it Is the most important fishkeeping tool available