The Puffer Forum

£400 is a great price! I've been quoted over a £1000 in the past. Mind you, i'm not sure if that was with a stand?

What is peoples opinion on a brick build stand? I was thinking about having the stand about 2ft - 2.5ft with the tank being 3ft high

Suggestions on a postcard please....

I think it depends ultimately on the look you want. As long as it is structurally sound I would go for whatever suits your needs

I hope to see lots of pictures paul. He sounds like an awsome fish.

Thanks for the great video - I see what you mean. Today he (assuming it is a he) had raw peeled tiger bay prawns (and we had lasagne for tea ).

As soon as I get him in the new setup I'll get some pictures.

you can build a stand strong enough for any tank out of a combination of cinderblock legs(more the bigger the tank, 2 is fine for a 55), just stack them to the right height, thin plywood layers between some bricks if you want shelves below the tank, then put a big plywood sheet with about 2" or more of clearence over tank dimentions on top. You can use 1" or a couple layers of 1" for a HUGE tank. And you can put a tablecloth over the whole thing before the tank, hides the unsightlyness, and just cut a slit or slits in it to access the shelves, if any.

Paul wrote:Thanks for the great video - I see what you mean. Today he (assuming it is a he) had raw peeled tiger bay prawns (and we had lasagne for tea ).

As soon as I get him in the new setup I'll get some pictures.

No probs He-she whatever you want my man as there is no way of telling apparently. If it starts flicking through holiday brochures and catalogues for make up its probably a woman

I'm really looking forward to meetong you puffer, does he have a name yet?

No name yet - waiting for character to materialise, although something to do with ravenous eating will probably stick if the last 2 days is anything to go by

Yeah they will chow down big time when little. My mate said I should have called Clooney Hindenburg or blimp cos of how he moves

My first puffer was named Zeppelin, for his close likeness to one in shape and movement

He has been christened "P. Diddy" by the ladies here.

nice

What sort of filtration rate (Ltr/hour) would be minimum for a Mbu?

(not that I intend to go to the minimum, I'm just designing the filtration and backup filters)

I guess the silence means that it is a matter of just go to the maximum?

Anyone got any examples of what rates they have on Mbu tanks?

Cheers,

Paul

Sorry mate I missed your earlier post. I think that you need to go to the biggest possible filtrationmthat is practical for you. On a tank that size the water changes are gonna be back breaking so some kind of pumping systen could be an idea. I would strongly suggest the tyurn over to be at least the tanks full volume 1.5-2x per hour. FX-5's would be great and they are relatively cheap too

It would take some comuputation to figure out total volume turnover on my old mbu set-up, as it had multiple filters. The display was only 180 gallons, plus a 120 gallon reversed light cycle veggie filter and two same-cycle 40 gallon veggie filters and another 40 gallon sump, plus 3 Eheim 2217s, RFUG in the main tank, 10 internal Eheims (3 each in display and the main veggie filter, 2 each in the smaller veggie filters), plus Eheim hobby pumps moving the water between the tanks. heating as such was not required - all those filters, pumps, and lights kept the system quite warm enough. Partials were 80-100 gallons every other day.