Saltwater & Reef

ktomminello · 11-16-2012, 06:04 PM

My saltwater puffer is still with me

I have rearranged his tank since this, aquascaped his 40g, I'll have pics tomorrow

Puff Puff has killed all of his crab friends, and made a new one- a fireworm/ bristle worm. Please don't tell me to get rid of him, I've weighed the risks/benefits, and considering this is my puffers FOWLR and I'm not trying to grow any corals, macro algae, anemones etc in this particular tank I'm sure that a 3" bristle worm is fine, I'll remove him when he can't hide anymore, I already get him to come out by holding freeze dried jumbo krill with tweezers, he's quite amusing. I also have found a couple peanut worms, an astrid, a ton of tube worms... I have added 5lbs of dead live rock and 10lbs of cured live rock since these were taken.

ktomminello · 11-16-2012, 06:30 PM

This is still being stocked. This is a semi-aggressive/ aggressive beta community tank. So far my stock consists of 4 female betas, 1 male beta, 1 brilliant (not quite sure if that's a proper name) raspbora, 3 scissor tail raspbora, 6 oto cats and a large (5") leopard pleco. I'm planning on adding 5 blind cave tetras and 10 black neon tetras, this tank has low lighting and filtered sun. It's bare bottomed, unplanted (1 potted with java moss as a base) and heavily decorated with silk flowers, cavernous driftwood and lava rock

ktomminello · 11-16-2012, 07:06 PM

This has become my favorite tank to zone out to- I do want to put the giant danios (3 of them) in my 20g hospital tank with my 3 gourami and get 7 pearl or purple danios or 7 cherry barbs as schoolers. My plants have grown immensely in the past 2 days, I'll post tomorrow, and yes, I have to maintain the tank everyday. It currently houses 3 giant danios, 1 male beta and a pair of fiddler crabs (they are AWESOME- yes, I take care to allow them to climb out and hang out above the filter and I have a separate plate with water treated with aquarium salt). All inhabitants have major personality, and there is nothing funnier than watching a territorial male beta and hyper fiddler crabs chasing each other around. Luckily my hearty danios know how to school around in my plants.

Terrance · 11-16-2012, 09:29 PM

Thanks for sharing puffer pix. Consider the cost/benefit of adding skimmer and simple refugium.

ktomminello · 11-17-2012, 10:15 AM

I have a 10g tank freshly set up as a potential nano reef, right now I'm curing rocks and sand the old fashion way... I have a protein skimmer on my xmas list, but I'm also considering the natural alternatives, I do have a ton of seastars and I personally like watching puffy hunt. All rock has been cured in this tank.