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looks nice. I especially like the emperor how big is the tank?

Originally Posted by My Way A simple way to do this is to add a small power filter (I recomend an Aquaclear minifilter) to your DT, when you need to QT a fish, take the filter from your DT and put it on the QT. Instant filtration for about $20. After the QT period is over, replace the media with...

clarkis are apretty aggressive clown species even if you added them at once the clarki would probably off the percula. since you already have teh clarki in the tank id say you are out of luck unless your tank is around 100 gallons and you introduce the percula at the opposite end of the tank...

is your tank in direct sunlight? that can casue algae growth

i think the biggest problem with that 280 aggressive tank is the fact that theres a barracuda in there. other than that there seems to be enough room for the fish to swim and they appear to be healthy.

yes puffers are verry prone to ich. Also puffer skin is not poisonous. it's a poison in their internal organs (liver or galblader i think) which is why you can touch them but not eat them.

you can get a hose clamp at a hardware store. then just pinch as necessary until you get a few drops a second. It takes a few tries to gt used to it but practice tonight and tomorrow before you do it for real.

oh the skimmer wasnt the question. After having one on othe rtanks i wouldnt want to go without one. When you see all that crap that its removing like Cannonman said its obvious that there is a whole mess of stuff floating around in there that you probably dont want. I was looking to get the...

lights arent a problem i have the Current USA Outer Orbit 24" 280W MH fixture. I believe its 1 x 150W MH and 2 x 65W Dual Actinic. I was just asking about the fuge becasue a skimmer is about 100 to 150 and a small HOB fuge with a skimmer in it is like 200 - 250. I wasn't going to do it since...

Do you have a fuge? i know it helps stabilize larger systems. would it help at all with a smaller system.

What type of filtration woudl you guys recommend for a tank of this size. I was thinking about a HOB skimmer and HOB mechanical fitler. Besides that just some Live rock and Live Sand. Would that be ok or is there something else that you use for the smaller tanks? thanks

they also have a tendancy to spit at you. Once they figure out that you are the source of food theyll spit water at you until you give them what they want. The can get some distance too. my porcupine puffer got some water about 5 feet away from the tank this morning. And the other day i got...

the Baltimore Aquarium has 2 porcupine puffers that are both about 3 feet lons and about a foot and a half wide.

a wide variety of meaty foods and some hard shelled ones to help wear down their teeth. Some good ones are raw shell on shrimp, scalops, clam in the shell, raw shell on crab, squid, gut loaded ghost shrimp, and some silversides. other than that and decent water quality the only requirements...

he went for some blood worms today so atleast hes eating. Would they eat live gut loaded ghost shrimp? im picking some up tomorrow for my porcupine puffer and ill get a few extra if he would eat them too.

i put some of that in the tank this monring. He didnt look too interested in it.

I just got a 1.5" Humu Humu Trigger. What do you all feed yours? The only thing mine even shows interest in at the moment is brine shrimp.

it wont lay the eggs. She will carry them until they are ready to hatch and then shell crawl up onto the top of some rock and thousands of shrimp larvae will hatch into the water. if you want to try and catch them put a flashlight at one side of the tank away from your filter and all the larvae...

if you want a reef safe one i cant really help you. But if you want a cool looing one a red general will move around during the day. I believe a chocolate chip will do the same thing since they are in the same family.

check your overflow or sump if you have them. Fish especially a dead/ weak one could get sucked up easily.