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Originally Posted by YearOfTheNick Does anyone have any thoughts? A good thread? Bad Thread? Bueller? THANK YOU! My gf and I are moving in the next couple weeks and this thread has made me feel much better about moving our tanks!

I wanted to know the best protein skimmer for about $150 or less? I have a 55 gal FOWLR. I'll probably need one that hangs off of the tank because the sump isn't big enough and the way the cabinet was made underneath (not by me) is somewhat stupid. Thanks in advance!

I've been getting my water from my LFS, but now they're not doing that anymore and I'm running low. Is it safe to use tap water and condition it? Or should I get it from somewhere? Thanks!

Will the Humu Humu take out things larger than itself as well? I also got one recently. It is in with a dogface and foxface. Both are quite a bit larger than the picasso.

Originally Posted by RCreations The first one, the golden puffer kept biting all my other fish. I had it in a 150 and the next day I wake up, 2 of my fish have round bite marks on their fins, the next day another one. So I took it back to the LFS. The dogface puffer was a little too nice for...

Originally Posted by small triggers im not a big fan of puffers,, so ive never had any. They kind of look like big heads with fins to me? though I dont mind tobies and burrfish's... Boo. Way to come in here and bash my thread! LOL

RCreations, you said these are puffers you 'had'... what happened to them? Also, I see that you're in Columbus, where do you go for fish and supplies? I'm in Chillicothe.

My gf and I are huge fans of puffer fish. We have a small (3 in.) dogface ourselves. I'll post pics when my gf gets home with the camera, but I would like to see the variety of puffers you all have.

Its a sci-fi rendition of corporate greed, plus pilgrims and indians. Its an AMAZING movie. I saw it on IMAX 3D. I would recommend paying the extra money instead of going to the regular theater.

You don't even have to start off with a 75 gal. Research is key. I can't stress that enough. Honestly, a BioCube or something like that is great as a stepping stone and requires much less care than most tanks.

OR a humu humu since they don't get as big as the blue throat. Which seems like a better choice? Which could last longer in the 55? Or should we just get a maroon? The tank has been up and running since Thursday. We can't wait to add fish!

How long will the dogface last in a 55gal? A year, maybe 2? We're now wanting a blue throat trigger instead of a maroon, but we don't know how long he would last in a 55 either. We're wanting to stretch upgrading for as long as possible.

From what I've heard, no stars are a good idea. We have a choc chip, but he stays in the bio cube.

We have a dogface. We feed him.. Squid Krill Brine Scallops Mussels Live snails to use his teeth (We also keep a piece of cuttlebone lodged between rocks in the tank for him to file his teeth with. You can find that in the bird section for about $0.99)

So my gf and I are novices to larger tanks and their filtration. We have a bio cube, but that almost takes care of itself. We bought a 55 gal from a guy that works at the LFS near us for $250. It came with a sump that has a pump not good enough to run on completely so he gave us 2 'piggy back'...

Yes, we would prefer something bigger and know we will have to go bigger in the future, but a friend is selling us a 55 with EVERYTHING for cheap. And as far as scaping the tank, I'll post up some pics and show how it turns out.

I appreciate the input from everyone. My gf found a 25% off coupon in the newspaper for our LFS, so we went ahead and bought the live sand. It came out to be the same price as it would've been for the dry aragonite (which is cheap and looks very nice). If we put in the 40lbs of sand and want it...

The lion isn't such a good idea with the trigger. Chances are good that the trigger will nip the pretty fins of the lion and that will eventually kill it.

So my gf and I are setting up a 55gal FOWLR. I'm wondering the cheapest and most convenient substrate? I want live sand, but I'm not paying the price at a store. Is there anything I could substitute? I read about something on here that won't cycle, but I can't find it anymore. Thanks in advance!

So me and my gf have a 14 gal BioCube with inverts and fish. Even though we knew better, we bought a baby dogface puffer (2"). We know he will need to go into a bigger tank, so we've been thinking a 55 gal would fit best into our budget and he would be comfy with only a couple other fish. We...