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    New 55 Gallon Budget FOWLR tank

    Thanks for replying and I never thought about that. The snails aren't gut-loaded just like you thought..I mainly feed them that because I don't want their beaks getting out of control. My salinity is at 1.010 Just to give an update: I tried the same exact bloodworms (same package) on them this...
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    New 55 Gallon Budget FOWLR tank

    OK! Little update and a few questions...everything has been going pretty good with the tank so far. I do water changes every Sunday and record all my numbers so I have them. PH 8.0 AMM 0 NITRATES 0 NITRITE was pretty high at 20 ppm! Everything else is great but I just chalked that off to my tank...
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    New 55 Gallon Budget FOWLR tank

    Ok so here's an update! Madness over here! The same day I thought my other puffers were sick, my girlfriend thought she was doing me a favor by bringing 2 more puffers home! This was in our plan eventually but not at this point in the setup! Saving them from Walmart is good but talk about...
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    New 55 Gallon Budget FOWLR tank

    Never that!
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    New 55 Gallon Budget FOWLR tank

    I'm planning on getting a 5-10 gallon HOB refugium setup tomorrow! Hopefully this works well as it is $60 from my LFS. Your route sounds like it could work too-I'd just use fish-safe glue and have a piece of glass cut for that, right? What thickness would you recommend?
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    New 55 Gallon Budget FOWLR tank

    The fish are still in the freshwater tank, no salt.
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    New 55 Gallon Budget FOWLR tank

    Update:I was adding my salt to my DT for the first time and I notice these small white specks on my both of my puffers. This is my first time seeing this! I know to look out for white spots in ich but I don't know if this is it! Anybody able to tell?
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    New 55 Gallon Budget FOWLR tank

    I know puffers get bigger..but what exactly is a small puffer? These guys only get to 6", which is the smallest among non-dwarf puffers I've seen.
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    New 55 Gallon Budget FOWLR tank

    I am at a LFS almost everyday getting the pest snails for them. They both love em. One of em is like a vacuum, he will even eat the flake I use for the Molly and pick at the pellets for the lobster. The other only eats the snails and brine shrimp I give them every other day.
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    New 55 Gallon Budget FOWLR tank

    Yeap they had a gang of em. The Walmart by my house isn't as horrible as most of them but still way too many puffers in their small setup. Mine are pretty healthy for the most part-one of em has the stringy poo. What exactly does that mean? They both have bright green spots on their heads, have...
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    New 55 Gallon Budget FOWLR tank

    Thanks for replying! My LFS has a Goby that I fell for but I'd need to increase my sand for him to be happy, right? Also I've read and seen on YouTube that as long as you convert them slowly, green spotted puffers (GSPs) can live in full salt. That would obviously grow my options exponentially...
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    New 55 Gallon Budget FOWLR tank

    Ok thanks a lot for replying! More rock is definitely on the way...ill keep that ratio going. Powerheads I'll look into online because that's much cheaper than any I've seen in my LFS. Also should've put in there that my tank is full with RO water right now from Elite Reef. Distilled water...
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    New 55 Gallon Budget FOWLR tank

    Hello! I've been reading this forum for a couple months now and you guys have already helped me out like crazy! I have a 10G freshwater tank I've been taking care of since Christmas. I got 2 (what I thought) were dwarf puffers from wal-Matt and it turns out they are Green Spotted Puffers. They...
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