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I've had my porcupine puffer for about a year and a half. It is the only fish in a 55 gallon tank. It has always been a pig and eats krill like crazy. He had a case of "cloudy eye" that has cleared up after treating with Melafix. That was over 2 months ago and his eye looks great now...

I have a porcupine puffer in a 55 gallon tank by itself. It is a great fish, tons of personality, eats a ton, very healthy. Once in awhile I find him "puffed up" when I come upstairs. It seems to go along with him excreting. Is this a mechanism to help him excrete? Is it a way for them to...

I have a very small panther grouper (maybe 1-1.5 inches long). It will eat krill, but it only seems to eat every few days. Is this normal? The pieces of krill it eats are very small. I give chopped up silversides, but it won't eat them. Also give chopped up trigger food, which it doesn't...

Anyone?? Help???

I'm trying to lower phosphates and nitrates in my tank. I have Kent Phosphate Sponge in a bag in my filter. How long should I keep it there? I heard that it should be in there for 8 hours and then replace it. Is this correct? I've already done a large water change. I currently have only a...

Can I put the macro algae in my main tank? I've heard it need constant light and I have my tank on a timer.

I don't mind algae in my tank. Does allowing the algae to grow help reduce nitrates?

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By the way, i feed him once a day, only a couple krill or a silverside. Sometimes he doesn't eat the silverside and it lays in the bottom of the tank. I know this is not good, but he will eat it later. Sometimes though, it is broken down in the tank, but it doesn't seem to affect my ammonia...

I know that phosphates are causing my red algae problem. I have a porcupine puffer in a 55 gal by himself. I have some hermits and turbo snails. I use ro/di water. my bulbs were just changed. i've reduced the time they are on. i do water changes. my ammonia, nitrites, and nitrates are all...

Does your puffer spit out food and then take it back in? Is this a sign the food pieces are too big? My puffer is fairly small, approximately 3 inches long. I have hermits in the tank, but he only nips at them, but never eats them. I've tried algae sheets, but he didn't seem to want them.

I got a porcupine puffer recently and the LFS recommended frozen krill and frozen food for triggers and wrasses. He loves the krill, but spits out the trigger food. What else can i feed him? I tried some prime reef flake and he will take some of that, but seems to spit everything out...

I'm looking for one more small fish to add to my tank with my porcupine puffer. I'm thinking of a damsel. Will this be a good fit? Any other suggestions?

OK, i thawed out the food and chopped it up into smaller pieces, but the puffer still won't eat it. He will swim to it when i drop in the small pieces and then swim away. Once in awhile he will eat it , then spit it out. When i drop in a piece of krill, he goes nuts and devours it in a matter...

I dropped a cube of frozen food into my tank for my porcupine puffer. He's the only one in there, besides 2 hermits which will become food eventually. The puffer was introduced into my tank yesterday and was swimming around all day. Today, he is laying around all day wedged in a coral...