- Location
- Queens, New York
So I got my little 6gallon nano up and running.
Recently bought some 5 frags..
Red Mushroom
Hairy Mushroom
Green Elegance
Mixed Color Zoanthid
Green Candy Cane
So far everything seems to be going good..
However.. I'm trying to decide what to do with my 24g Nano when I break it down and start back up. (Wanted to swap out the sand, and change the water bc I used tap water and had diatom blooming,
*it was set up as a FOWLR... with some horrible misinformation)
This misinformation goes as follows.. lol
LFS told me that housing a SMALL porcupine puffer and SMALL cowfish, along with a Spotted Mandarin, would be absolutely fine.
Of course I did my research, and basically the cowfish and puffer needed atleast 100gallons.. most likely each.
But the guy at the LFS said it would be fine, and for me not to beleive all the research I had done, simply because the puffer/cowfish would not outgrow the tank. And constantly reassured me... so I took his "guidance".
Surprizingly.. I managed to keep the Puffer alive for 1 month.. I did my best to not overfeed, so I wouldn't pollute the tank and spike the ammonia..
And I gotta say.. most puffers I've kept (Green Spotted and Figure 8) show when they're stressed.. via pigmentation or spending most of the day with a curled up tail in a little ball.
And this porc seemed happy every single day..however the Cowfish is a grazer and did pick on the Porc quite a bit.
And then one day I come home.. and I see ich spots on the Porc.
I immediatley tossed in my airstone, and cranked the heat up (slowly) to 89 degrees, to fight off the ich. As well as water changes every other day.
Within 4 days, the porc sadly died.
I was quite pissed.. I felt like going to the LFS and yelling at the guy, but I guess its more my fault, and I should have just went with my instincts even though I wanted the Cowfish and especially the Porc. soo bad..
I still have the Mandarin.. and the Cowfish. Both absolutely healthy (it has been 3 weeks since the ich)
The cowfish seems to be thriving even more since the porc. isn't in the tank.
Now I love Puffers, and Boxfish (they're pretty closely related)...
but.. obviously none are reef safe.. :-(
I'd like to sell off the cowfish
Because I feel that he should be in a larger tank.
That being said.. I think really the only Puffer I could really house in my 24g is the Fiji Blue Spotted Puffer..or any sharpnosed puffer for that matter.
What to do.. what to do.
Any thoughts, comments, advice?
Thanks!
-Stanley
Recently bought some 5 frags..
Red Mushroom
Hairy Mushroom
Green Elegance
Mixed Color Zoanthid
Green Candy Cane
So far everything seems to be going good..
However.. I'm trying to decide what to do with my 24g Nano when I break it down and start back up. (Wanted to swap out the sand, and change the water bc I used tap water and had diatom blooming,
*it was set up as a FOWLR... with some horrible misinformation)
This misinformation goes as follows.. lol
LFS told me that housing a SMALL porcupine puffer and SMALL cowfish, along with a Spotted Mandarin, would be absolutely fine.
Of course I did my research, and basically the cowfish and puffer needed atleast 100gallons.. most likely each.
But the guy at the LFS said it would be fine, and for me not to beleive all the research I had done, simply because the puffer/cowfish would not outgrow the tank. And constantly reassured me... so I took his "guidance".
Surprizingly.. I managed to keep the Puffer alive for 1 month.. I did my best to not overfeed, so I wouldn't pollute the tank and spike the ammonia..
And I gotta say.. most puffers I've kept (Green Spotted and Figure 8) show when they're stressed.. via pigmentation or spending most of the day with a curled up tail in a little ball.
And this porc seemed happy every single day..however the Cowfish is a grazer and did pick on the Porc quite a bit.
And then one day I come home.. and I see ich spots on the Porc.
I immediatley tossed in my airstone, and cranked the heat up (slowly) to 89 degrees, to fight off the ich. As well as water changes every other day.
Within 4 days, the porc sadly died.
I was quite pissed.. I felt like going to the LFS and yelling at the guy, but I guess its more my fault, and I should have just went with my instincts even though I wanted the Cowfish and especially the Porc. soo bad..
I still have the Mandarin.. and the Cowfish. Both absolutely healthy (it has been 3 weeks since the ich)
The cowfish seems to be thriving even more since the porc. isn't in the tank.
Now I love Puffers, and Boxfish (they're pretty closely related)...
but.. obviously none are reef safe.. :-(
I'd like to sell off the cowfish
Because I feel that he should be in a larger tank.
That being said.. I think really the only Puffer I could really house in my 24g is the Fiji Blue Spotted Puffer..or any sharpnosed puffer for that matter.
What to do.. what to do.
Any thoughts, comments, advice?
Thanks!
-Stanley
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