New tank help
Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 3:07 pm
Hey guys i have a porcupine puffer thats being kept in a tank of about 70l so not very big but plently of live rock, however the puffer is just under 2 inches big at this point in time so im sure he is okay for now. While he is in here i am preparing a Much larger tank for him that holds approx 600+ litres, however with my current 70l set up i just have filter, heater, small protein skimmer, and one power head to keep a ripple in the surface water to stop gunk building up and floating on the top.
My Question is in a 600+ litre tank what sortve equipment am i going to need to invest in with the puffer in mind, ive never had a tank this big and im only getting it ready and set up for this porcy puffer and at absoloute most a few other small fish that i will maybe add if they apear to do well with the puffer.
Will i need wave maker's, powerheads etc as when i see larger display tanks they have huge amounts of these in use and i dont know too much about them.
and if so how many should i be looking to get and how do i set em up.
Another thing is what sortve HOB protein skimmer can i rely on for this size of tank and puffer's.
luckily i have the smaller tank set up for him while he grows as the larger tank seems a completly different ball game and im finding it hard and expensive to get a puffer specific list of equipment together for this size of tank.
The tanks dimensions are roughly 6 x 2 x 2 ft however it is a bowfront so gets wider than 2ft at the front.
I know this seems like alot of info to ask but if i see what you guys are running in your larger puffer tanks i know i'll be doing the puffer alot more good than going by normal fish tanks or any information given to me by a lfs.
My Question is in a 600+ litre tank what sortve equipment am i going to need to invest in with the puffer in mind, ive never had a tank this big and im only getting it ready and set up for this porcy puffer and at absoloute most a few other small fish that i will maybe add if they apear to do well with the puffer.
Will i need wave maker's, powerheads etc as when i see larger display tanks they have huge amounts of these in use and i dont know too much about them.
and if so how many should i be looking to get and how do i set em up.
Another thing is what sortve HOB protein skimmer can i rely on for this size of tank and puffer's.
luckily i have the smaller tank set up for him while he grows as the larger tank seems a completly different ball game and im finding it hard and expensive to get a puffer specific list of equipment together for this size of tank.
The tanks dimensions are roughly 6 x 2 x 2 ft however it is a bowfront so gets wider than 2ft at the front.
I know this seems like alot of info to ask but if i see what you guys are running in your larger puffer tanks i know i'll be doing the puffer alot more good than going by normal fish tanks or any information given to me by a lfs.