what to do
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alti
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get some fish in the tank
eslowfiddy
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You should get a puffer of course! Very social and smart fish. That and they'll eat about anything.
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alti
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figure out what was wrong with your tank that gave the puffer ick and then get some fish.
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alti
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get rid of the eel then.
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alti
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as long as you maintain proper water conditions, feed them properly and eliminate harassing fish the puffers will be fine. if you want movement get a porcupine puffer and a cowfish. they will chase after you begging for food every time you walk past the tank.
blaze420
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i want to do some thing with damsels and clown fish. to add some movement but if i do than i cant have any of the eels, gruopers, and all that becuase the damsels will fall pray. so witch way do i go? if i went with a community tank what fish do you suggest. see the thing is im getting a uv to help with my ick troubles but that doesnt mean there solved i know. so agressive or community? if i go aggressive i would like to have one big fish thats some what like ya know the center peace. a really like the tesselata but i dont think theres any thing it wont eat. could i do a zebra in a comunity tank? if so does any one have any expierence with them? thanX
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alti
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smaller fish would be alot more comfortable in a tank that size. it would also be much less of a hassle to keep the trates down. have you ever considered a reef tank?
blaze420
Member
man you read my mind! i really would love to do a reef but only have about a 450$ buget. i tried to do one with florencent bulbs in the past. i was advised by my lfs that i could buy a double to put with my single and i did. 2 white 1 atenic. i put in a condalactus and it lived about 2 weeks it kept floating around and got sucked into the over flow? it got impaled on the edge! so i just did another aggressive after that. lost em all to ick the snowflake is the only one left! what to do man??
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alti
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do you have any lr in the tank? thats a big expense. keep your eyes on the classified forum. i got a 4x96 watt reto fit kit with new bulbs for only 200.
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alti
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oops, i didn't see you had 60 lbs. all you need is another 20 or 30 lbs of good rock.
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alti
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forget about the uv if your doin a reef. you dont need it.
blaze420
Member
-my bad i forgot to include thats base rock i was told if i introduced a little bit of live rock like 15 pounds it would develope the coral line algea on the base rock? i just needed to add some kind of suplement and it would make it grow faster and save me the expence of buy lr becuase i was on a budget. so is that right could do that again what about lighting?
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alti
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forget about flourescents. get vho,pc or halides. vho or pc's will be cheaper and for a tank that size around 400 watts should be enough to keep all soft most lps and some sps corals.
250 will get you a pretty good used lighting system and another 50 lbs of good rock would be perfect.
250 will get you a pretty good used lighting system and another 50 lbs of good rock would be perfect.