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I decided to err on the side of caution. I could remove all fish to a QT tank or remove the LR. SInce i would have to remove the LR to catch the little buggers i decided to just remove the LR for safe keeping to another tank. I also took out my macro algae and the 3 anemone (i knew anemones had...

Will mardel's coppersafe harm my Live rock and coraline algae ? I cant find where to look it up. Packaging just says not safe for inverts with no hard shells such as anemones etc. Only invert i have is anemone that i all ready moved to another safe tank. Also removed my macro algae except for...

Normally i would have posted the pic and not a link but i use photobucket and im having trouble with it today, i uploaded to flicker but i dont usually use it and am not sure how to post a copy of the pic directly into the post using flickr. Anyway, here they are ...

Sure thing, no problem. I will try to get one of him right now. I lost my camera cable so we will have to make do with a cell phone photo for now. He is still eating the sargassum LOL. I guess thats good, appitite coming back maybe.

One more question, being fleshed out on the sides is not a sign of good feeding in burrfish correct ? Im assuming because of the jelly feeling of its body behind the head that the area i should be looking at is the underbelly not the sides like in other fishes .

I normally dont use tank buddies because i have such large tanks, is it true what i read about their parasite clear being effective for both internal and external parasites ? What do you all use for internal parasites. I have seen no signs of any external parasites. I also have a internal...

Are the mussels sold in the fresh seafood section of grocery stores, typically on ice and closed shells, still alive ? do you store them in the fridge, freeze them ? Put them in a tank used for plants or live foods ? I have some macro i keep in a seperate tank for my tangs , could i put them in...

If i wanted to set up a snail breeding tank for SW snails is it different than the article on snail breeding ? Any particular species easier to breed than others ? Im assuming a saltwater species is best since my puffers are saltwater species. Oh, and how many of them to start ?

The very small burrfish will eat on a clam/mussel in a shell that is same or larger than it ? I have not seen many of them smaller than 2 inches... I would like to avoid buying expensive snails for the tank if possiable but will if nessasary

The sides are full but underneath is slightly concave. That is why i have been feeding by hand.

Never thought to rinse the cube. How do you do that, in a net ? What crunchy food do you feed a small burrfish ? Mine is only 2 inches

I dont feed them goldfish for the reasons listed in that article. I feed frozen silversides , for the lionfish i take a whole silverside, spear it onto the end of a shishkabob stake and then wiggle it in front of the lionfish, they think its alive and strike it, that pulls it off the end since...

The burrfish is eating a sargassum plant as i type this. Yes i have tried the mysis shrimp. Its one of the many frozen cubes i drop in. I noticed today the dogface ate on a mysis cube i dropped for him, maybe the burr will do the same in the next couple days. The burrfish seemed to prefer the...

Thanks guys. I have the burrfish in a 6 foot 135g with tangs, wrasses ,a baby niger trigger and damsels and clowns. I moved the dogface in with two small lionfish in their own tank yesterday. I have a 7 foot 265 on hand for when they out grow the six foot tank. Since i have a mixed community...

No, i dont pick him up out of the water and stuff a fish in his gaping little fishy mouth !! :ROFL:Although with him not eating i admit i was tempted LOL. Glad i could give that tip, what other info can you give me on puffers in general? As you can tell by my handle most of my experience has...

Yes, they are marine fish. I had to get him to eat something and everytime i put my hand in the tank to clean the glass he would come right over to my hand. He didnt puff up till i lightly rubbed the silverside on his lips. Im not "picking him up". I just corraled him in my hand and he doesnt...

Hi, im new to puffers and wanted to post that i purchased a dogfaced puffer and a burrfish. I have them in a 130 gallon community tank. Any suggestions would be great. I dont have alot of info on them and would like as much info as i can on their care etc. My burrfish is 2 to 3 inches and the...

It is extremely hard to tell male from female with this species. You cant go by size of head hump or size of fish or blue coloration or fin extentions. Once they start to mature you might be able to tell one male out of the group by which one is bossy to the others, might be your alpha male if...

How long have you had it ?

If the chicken got stuck i suggest a doctor LOL. Anyway... I had each anemone all ready attatched to its rock for several days before i put it in the smaller tank that has better lighting because of number of lamps and depth of water. None of them touch eachother and none are moving except the 2...