The Puffer Forum

goldielocke76 wrote: Quick question about the lights....right now I have the 65w daylight bulbs shining on them...do I need the moonlight (or blue lights) on them as well? BRB, we need to go get more water.

in a FOWLR tank it doesn't really matter

Lol I just found out that the $20 for the water membership that we paid for yesterday gives me 140 gallons of water for free. Lololololololol.

So salinity is about 1.024-5....how many gallons of ro should I add to bring it to 1.021-.022??? Is there math that can help with that?

Pictures!!!

http://denzil.smugmug.com/Pets/Puffers/ ... ZRWRF-A-LB
http://denzil.smugmug.com/Pets/Puffers/ ... fMBvn-A-LB
http://denzil.smugmug.com/Pets/Puffers/ ... K3VTR-A-LB
http://denzil.smugmug.com/Pets/Puffers/ ... 5gJg8-A-LB
http://denzil.smugmug.com/Pets/Puffers/ ... dfvdL-A-LB

As I am sure that you guys may notice, some of the rocks are perched precariously on top of each other. I know, haha, and I will fix it. I just couldn't' see when I was putting them into the tank because the water was still cloudy

love the way is laid out

xrayjeeper83 wrote:love the way is laid out

Really?! Haha I just stuck it in there as fast as I could cause Denzil had to go to a motorcycle store that closed at 5pm. I did move stuff around, I made about three big caves, but I am nervous that it will fall over....

I just scared the beejeebus out of myself. I was messing in the tank, putting in a plant and I was having a hard time burying the little sinker. Keep in mind, I am doing all this while watching piranhas tear up a fish on the tv (animal planet). Well, I nudged the rock behind me and I didn't realize it. It fell on my hand and omg, I thought there was something in the water that was attacking my hand!! LoL totally irrelevant to the new set up, but I thought it was funny.

Okie dokie, new pics!!! I think I have it the way I want....it sure is a pita to move it around. I hope I have the flow right....I moved it around until the plant in the middle more or less stood up....it's being "blown" both ways now. At first it went to the left...then to the right, and now it goes back and forth, but it stands now.

http://denzil.smugmug.com/Pets/Puffers/ ... zjH8D-A-LB <-- right side of the tank
http://denzil.smugmug.com/Pets/Puffers/ ... WnG9T-A-LB <-- whole tank
http://denzil.smugmug.com/Pets/Puffers/ ... Pw5nR-A-LB <-- right side close up (did this to show all the little caves but it's still really cloudy)
http://denzil.smugmug.com/Pets/Puffers/ ... Jwhhd-A-LB <-- another whole tank pic
http://denzil.smugmug.com/Pets/Puffers/ ... r5d2p-A-LB <-- the little cave I made for the future Yoshi. I am really hoping he sleeps in here. Good photo ops
http://denzil.smugmug.com/Pets/Puffers/ ... xr25n-A-LB <-- left side of tank.

Looking good and lmao about you being attacked by a killer rock lol

bertie 83 wrote:Looking good and lmao about you being attacked by a killer rock lol

Haha! Bertie lol it scared the snark out of me!! I even made the dogs start barking xD

I don't take my eyes off fatboy when I am in his tank for fear of being bitten. Never been attacked by a rock before lmao

Make sure one of the pumps is angled at the surface, you need to provide surface agitation to aerate the water.

sevenyearnight wrote:Make sure one of the pumps is angled at the surface, you need to provide surface agitation to aerate the water.

So I moved the right pump up a bit....the surface is moving pretty good right now, but there are no breaks or splashes...is this ok??

Splashing isnt needed as far as I know, I know it causes salt creep.

Tank is looking really good.

xrayjeeper83 wrote:Splashing isnt needed as far as I know, I know it causes salt creep.

Tank is looking really good.

Thank you! Water has finally cleared up, now I just have to do the onerous chore of mixing the rest of the water and adding it to the tank...I hope it doesn't make it cloudy again haha. I will post up pics as soon as I get that done. =)