LESSON LEARNED and ?

[Fishman1995]

I purchased my 2nd GSP today, came on added him to the tank with Puff (my other 1). Well within 5 minutes Pip (the new one) was at the bottom of the tank behind a pot breathing hard missing a lil bit of his tail. so i moved him into my other tank. Will this happen when i upgrade them to there bigger tank later on or will they be ok? HELP ME

 

[Newman]

you shoulda bought the other when you upgraded >_<

also decorate their larger tank so much with fake plants that they shouldnt see eachother 60% of the time. I mean load that tank up good.

 

[Fishman1995]

Ok, and i bought him now so he wouldnt be smaller when i upgraded ;0

 

[Fishman1995]

Live or Fake plants? and im also planning on including LOTS of Rockwork as well in the center and Decorations such as caves etc.

 

[Newman]

live if you have a decent flourescent light, otherwise fake.

 

[Fishman1995]

ok for the 55 gallon tell me how youd go about setting it up, id like to eventually go to a 55 gal reef

 

[OrangeCones]

There are salt-tolerant plants that can handle brackish water, but if you intend to convert this 55 gallon to a marine tank, I'd just go with silk plants if you want to keep them in the tank once its marine. Otherwise, you'll need to toss the plants.

 

[Newman]

you want an actual reef with corals right? with GSPs? i would advise against since they are said to do best in brackish water, but your reef idea may not be as far fetched if they can live in salinities up to 1.026
The thing is if you want coral, I'd be paranoid about the GSP eating it. or did you mean a FOWLR tank?

 

[Fishman1995]

What i mean is i want a 55 gallon with a reef in the center, sand bottom, and some Anomones,and 2 Clowns. Also the coral formation is gonna have caves for my 2 puffers 2 be in.

 

[Newman]

puffers are curious no? I'd be worried that the anemones will eat your GSPs. but I've never even heard of someone doing something like this, so I cant really give accurate advice lol xD

 

[Fishman1995]

LOL ok what i read online is that the puffers will get zapped once, and then theyl know to stay away from the wavy tubes

 

[OrangeCones]

I've had puffers eat the anemones too. It is hit or miss if they can live together.

A GSP in a 5gallon now? Oi...

 

[Fishman1995]

Yes temporarily because SOMEONE on this site told me they might get lonely if in there bigger reef alone so i got another one. Lonely my rear end, more like Bullys lol

 

[OrangeCones]

Puffers like to be alone from my experience. Other non-puffers are usually much better than another puffer if you want to have more than one fish.