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55 Gallon GSP Tank....What do you think???
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 3:54 am
by MelissaKaye
This is our 55 gallon green spotted puffer tank, it's still a work in progress. We're are enjoying our two GSPs that share this tank, we've named them Mondo and Fugu. In the tank with them we have three "feeder" crayfish....wait, make that two crayfish and two fiddler crabs. We know they will get eaten at some point but we're big believers in our GSPs having live food to catch and kill themselves. Please feel free to give us feedback on our tank set up!
55 gallon brackish
1.014SG
80*F
(1) Aqua Clear 50
(1) Marineland 200 (will be changed over to another Aqua Clear 50 in a week or so!)
(2) 200w heaters
(2) GSPs (1 is 2" and the other is 3")
(2) Feeder Crayfish
(2) Fiddler Crabs
(1) Ghost Shrimp (He is the last of 40...he's been in this tank for weeks and is still alive..lol)
Sand substrate
Silk Plants
Lots of hiding places
Re: 55 Gallon GSP Tank....What do you think???
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 5:31 am
by suvattii2012
I think the tank looks really nice i need to make mine look nicer, i don't have many ornementsor wood, just one cave. I have sand and quite a few live plants.
Re: 55 Gallon GSP Tank....What do you think???
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 8:49 am
by J-P
very nice
Well done.
Re: 55 Gallon GSP Tank....What do you think???
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 9:06 am
by MelissaKaye
Thank you, thank you! Are we missing anything? Mondo and Fugu are our first brackish fish and our first puffer fish so we want to make sure we're doing it right!
Re: 55 Gallon GSP Tank....What do you think???
Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2012 10:10 pm
by Gooburz
from what i've seen and read on it could help to eventually add an aquarium circulation pump. But that tank looks sweet! I can't wait to set up my 55 Gal!
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss? ... arium+Pump
Re: 55 Gallon GSP Tank....What do you think???
Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 1:53 am
by Pufferpunk
As they get a bit bigger, I'd add an AC 120 on there. Do you plan on bumping it up to SW?
Re: 55 Gallon GSP Tank....What do you think???
Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 2:01 am
by MelissaKaye
We are raising the SG by .002 each week as of now. Our plan is to get the tank to 1.02 and hang out there for a while. We have a powerhead that we use to mix their brackish water with in a plastic tub for a couple of days before we do water changes....she we add a powerhead to their tank as well? The powerhead we have is the Marineland 600.
Re: 55 Gallon GSP Tank....What do you think???
Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 2:39 am
by MelissaKaye
So a quick update!!! We are now at 1.020 and have pulled that background off of out tank. The back of the tank has now been painted black and looks much better. We are headed down to MA next weekend to look for a large faux coral insert!!!! We took to heart what many has to say about our Marineland filter and have changed over to (2) AquaClear 50 filters and our water looks great!