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will this work for a porky
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2011 12:42 pm
by POLSCOTDP
now ive read alot on the forums and im looking to keep a porcy puffer, i have a few questions about the awarium, the minimum is 100g the site says but ive read alot of you say its all about the foot print since there big blocky fish and need space to turn, im wanting to do a lagoon style tank with the measurments of 48Lx24Wx16D whick works out to only 80ish gallons plus id have a 40g sump/refugium would this be an ok footprint if it had a center overflow
Re: will this work for a porky
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2011 1:46 pm
by bertie 83
Not 100% sure on s/w but that seems big enough, also if you include sump then that makes 100 gallons .
Re: will this work for a porky
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2011 2:04 pm
by Pufferpunk
What about swimming room for a 12+" fish?
Re: will this work for a porky
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2011 9:48 pm
by POLSCOTDP
thats why im asking
im assuming 48x24 is tons of room for a 12" fish and most that ive seen dont swim vertically.....
Re: will this work for a porky
Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 7:18 pm
by RTR
A 16" deep vessel is not much for a fish of that mass. I would want something bigger - minimum is just that, minimum. For a long lived hefty fish I would want something a lot bigger.