New puffer

innsmouth

innsmouth

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We added the final resident to the tank last weekend. Now it is complete. Meet Spot (how creative) the blackspotted puffer. No worries. Everyone is doing fine he and the lionfish get along well and even sleep next to each other some nights. Snoopy the mantis could care less about either of them and just goes about his usual work of re-fortifying his cave. They're all eating well and water quality is good. Although I wish I could get my trates down a bit. They are between 30 and 40 ppm. I'm going to start 5% water changes once a week. Thanks to everyone that fielded my stupid questions when I first came around, without your help I would've been lost.
There are a bunch more pics in the aggressive forum.
 
innsmouth

innsmouth

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Look, post up what kind of filtration your using Im curious.
Thanks everyone. I'm using 60 lbs Kaelini LR, Amiracle wet/dry with hang on overflow and a Nautilus TE skimmer.
 
innsmouth

innsmouth

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Does the mantis bother the puffer, or lion?
Not at all. They have actually rubbed together when going for food and no problems. They are all about the same size and I think have a healthy respect for one another. The puffer sleeps right outside the mantis' cave in the back of the tank sometimes and he doesn't seem to mind. The lion and puffer sleep next to each other on the sand at times too. Pretty amazing stuff or maybe just dumb luck. Either way we're keeping our fingers crossed around here.
 
blueberryboomer

blueberryboomer

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AWESOME combination! I hope it continues to go well for all...
We had a mantis once, would love another, not sure though I'd be brave enough to have other fish in with it...
Lisa:joy:
 
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