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    please help my puffer!!

    puffer ok, new water specs- amonia down to .50 no2 down to .50 no3 down to .10. just changed another 10% of water with fresh. what is a refractometer? i have a floating hydrometer, is that similar? he seems to be calming down, should i put the carbon filter back in? it's been out for...
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    please help my puffer!!

    puffer holy crap, no wonder he's so miserable! just did a water test- no2- 1.0 no3- 20 hirange ph- 7.6 amonia- 2.0!! i changed 25 percent of the water with fresh water with a dechlorinator to lower the salinity, now it's at 1.023 i'm gonna check all the levels again in 30 min. then change...
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    please help my puffer!!

    my porcupine puffer came down with ich, so i treated him with instant ocean's life shield, and thought it had worked, the ich came back with a vengence. now he's in qt being treated again, and i noticed some spots on his tail where the scales/points? are coming off, tail rot? he's my little baby...
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    suitable tank mates?

    we got the tang and the naso from a out of town fish store- they suck. our local fish store is great, but they wont take the mandarin cuz she was in the tank when one of the clowns came down with ich. i isolated him right away, and have been keeping an eye on the mandarin- she also appears to be...
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    suitable tank mates?

    how important is it that we get a skimmer right away?
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    suitable tank mates?

    skimmers when a skimmer says it goes in a sump, what does that mean? is a sump an external canister filter? if so, i dont think there's room in our filter for anything else. lol. we found a few on craigslist- advice on used skimmers?
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    suitable tank mates?

    REEF OCTOPUS NEEDLEWHEEL 150 PROTEIN SKIMMER 150G reef octopus needlewheel 150 protein skimmer for a 150 gallon. priced on ebay for 195. worth the money? says it's an internal skimmer goes inside a sump?
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    suitable tank mates?

    i'm fired hi, thanks all for the advice. the 90 gal is a mid way point for us. were going to get a 150 in about a year. i wasn't treating the puffer with copper as i've heard it's way too harsh on it. i'm afraid i wont be able to take the mandarin and naso back to the fish store as they havn't...
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    suitable tank mates?

    hello all, i've recently gotten into salt water aquariums, and decided to dive right in. ive made some pretty bad mistakes, but i'm definitely learning from them. i have a 90 gallon fowlr- so far has a pink tailed trigger fish, and a naso tang. i have a porcupine puffer that will be joining them...
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