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  1. saltguy21

    Bio Ball Question

    Remove them in portions. In other words, remove 1/4 of them each week for a month.
  2. saltguy21

    Puffer Problems

    Certainly not. My fish are not toys. I would NEVER purposely scare one of them. He has since died, and from what I have found from other sources, probably had a tumor.
  3. saltguy21

    Compatibility and fish ideas?

    I would stay small, maybe a few chromis. a puffer needs much more space.
  4. saltguy21

    Puffer Problems

    1 year. 120 gallon. Never uploaded pic before.
  5. saltguy21

    Puffer Problems

    My porcupine puffer is acting very sluggish He isn't eating and almost seems to have a hump to his back. Parameters are ok.
  6. saltguy21

    turboflotr 1000 multi skimmer

    I am looking at the 1000 multi which can be in sump or a hang on.
  7. saltguy21

    turboflotr 1000 multi skimmer

    Anyone have any feed back on this skimmer?
  8. saltguy21

    caulerpa good or bad?

    I wanted to put culerpa in my 10 fowlr set up to help with nitrates.I have standard lighting. I have standard aquarium lighting, no more than 80 watts. Will it be hepful or harmful?
  9. saltguy21

    Dehumidifiers

    Glad I asked. Thanks.
  10. saltguy21

    Dehumidifiers

    I will shortly be finishing my basement, (around my 120 gal fowlr aquarium). As with most basements, there is some moisture and i will need to run a dehumidifier. My thought is I could run a drain line from the collection bottle of the dehumidifier to my sump as a sort of automatic top off. I...
  11. saltguy21

    algae question

    nitrates arround 40 but have allways been there.
  12. saltguy21

    algae question

    I have a 120 gallon fish only set up with about 140 lbs of live rock. My fish include 2 puffers a trigger, a clown, a lunar wrasse a foxface and a couple damsels. I have 2 moderate skimmers and a sump running that filter well. I am considering letting the back side of my tank grow algae on it...
  13. saltguy21

    2 puffers

    I just added a 3 inch dogface puffer to my 120 tank. his mates are a 5 inch porcupine puffer, a lunare wrasse a medium niger trigger, med maroon clown, medium foxface and 2 blue damsels. Any dog face puffer advice?
  14. saltguy21

    poop eaters?

    my 120 gallon has some poopers, a 4 inch foxface a 3 inch niger, 4 inch puffer and 6 inch lunar wrasse, plus a couple damsels. i also have a pencil urchin and chocolate chip starfish. what and how many detritus eaters could i add? ive heard serpent stars and sand sifters are good for that.
  15. saltguy21

    Learning as I go

    bio wheels in emperor. bio bale in bak pak. carbon filters in emperor changed monthly. mid size hagen powerheads. live rock in sump. water level at about half full in sump with no sand and no light.
  16. saltguy21

    Learning as I go

    I have a 120 gallon high fowlr tank with a porcupine puffer, foxface, niger trigger,lunar wrasse, and a couple of damsels. I am running 2 power heads, a homemade 20 gallon sump, a bak pak 2 and an emperor 400 filter. nitrates have been a constant battle and i guess I want to know any ideas to...
  17. saltguy21

    RO vending machines

    Recently I have noticed an abundance of RO water vending machines in the area. I have heard they are inspected quite frequently by the state of Ohio and must maintain high quality standards. The cost for a gallon of RO water is $.25 which seems a viable optin compared to purchasing an RO unit...
  18. saltguy21

    Puffer vs. Powerhead

    While on vacation, my puffer had a bout with one of my powerheads. Needless to say, the pufeer lost the battle and the war is yet to be decided. His rear end got caught and my friend who was wathing over my tank freed him. Its been over a week and he is alive and swimming, and eating as much as...
  19. saltguy21

    Why bioballs are bad

    Make yourown sump. an overflow box is about $60 to $80.a used 20 gal tank is almost free at a garage ale and a pump for return is about $60.
  20. saltguy21

    Live rock addition

    I recently added 100 lbs of live rock to my 120 gal fish only tank. Before the additon, I had about 60 lbs of lr in the tank. I am running a sump made out of a 20 gal high tank. I just removd the last of the bioballs and am currently running about 20 lbs of live rock in the sump. Are there any...
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