Recent content by danamo

I know how you feel. I had a sea cucumber that decided to crawl into the pump and got shredded. It must have thought it was gettting eaten by something and released a toxin into the water. Lost $300 worth of fish :( . Before we started adding new fish to the tank after this we did three...

I've got a Harlequin Tusk now, but I've had a Dogface puffer. Personally I'd prefer a Dogface Puffer because I think they have more character. But either should be ok I think.

If things are that bad I would suggest stripping it all down and starting again with fresh saltwater, new pumps and letting the whole thing cycle for a month or so. Test for all the stuff that fishfreek said above and then put in a hardy fish like a wrasse to see how it goes. Does the shop...

My puffer loved prawn(shrimp) and squid. But then again he was a big bugger. :)

I think you might find that a porcupine puffer will be aggressive to any fish you put in the tank that is smaller than it. I don't have any experience with a porcupine puffer because their not common in Australia, but I did have dog faced puffer. He was pretty aggressive so he was in a...

My boyfriend was stung by a lionfish and his arm swelled up. I don't think it's uncommon for a lionfish to lose a stinger. My lionfish had a broken stinger and it didn't seem to be bothered by it.