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  1. M

    I lost a porcupine puffer :(

    yes i did acclimate the fish. The other puffer i added did fine. I really think the filter's suction was too strong for it. they liked (like) hanging around there. we've since placed a sponge on there to prevent it from happening again. :)
  2. M

    I lost a porcupine puffer :(

    well to answer the first person-yes it may have been dead but it seemed fine when we put it in, it was swimming around, checkin its surroundings and stuff. To answer you $imple, yeah we caught it, as with a net about an hour from corpus, it was in shallow water. but i doubt i can catch the other...
  3. M

    I lost a porcupine puffer :(

    thanks..we'll definately be shopping for a spone to cover both those things!
  4. M

    I lost a porcupine puffer :(

    I just started my saltwater tank recently and I had all the water tested to make sure i could make fish additions. Over the weekend my roommate and I caught a blowfish and a pufferfish. the blowfish was tiny, about an inch long and the puffer was about an inch and a half. They seemed to settle...
  5. M

    Sand to use

    hm..i'll see about the egg crates..and as for the live rock, we only have about 30 lbs of it. I was thinkin of getting more, just depending on how filled the tank looked and stuff.
  6. M

    Found some tropical play sand...

    i was just wondering if anyone found the sand in dallas..or near the dallas area..
  7. M

    Sand to use

    ok..well the reason we had the glass tops was i thought to keep the light fixtures from gettin wet..? how does this eggcrate thing work?
  8. M

    Sand to use

    alrighty then well i have a 55 gal aquarium with a powerhead..i don't know how you judge them speed? and a canister filter a heater, although i don't think we're going to actually need that one..yet..a 48 inch double bulb lighting fixture, glass tops and well the salty water (redsea salt) we...
  9. M

    Sand to use

    i'm using live rock, i guess since i had bought the play sand and wasn't completely sure if i should use it i didnt' want to dump it in there and kill my live rock. should i go ahead or wait for the cycling to keep going..i just started this sunday with the live rock
  10. M

    Sand to use

    ok..well i did grab a bag of play sand but it says its been sterilized and cleaned. I also had another question that you may be able to answer, at what point during the cycling process should i add the sand..because i have some live sand as well. Should i put it in together or add the live sand...
  11. M

    Sand to use

    but the silica will work and my fishies won't die sooner? thats all i really needed to know. i guess i'll just make sure its clean now. thanks :)
  12. M

    Sand to use

    I have just recently started a saltwater aquarium and have just placed the live rock in it. I'm waiting for the ammonia level to taper off then i'll test for the other stuff but i was wondering about the sand to use. I have some live sand but i was wondering if clean play sand was an adequate...
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