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Old January 21st 04, 04:49 PM
Rick
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Default I have fish...now what else???

With the two puffers you won't be able to do shrimp, crabs, snails,
etc. They eat these guys.

Personally, I would get about 25 more pounds of live rock to account
for the existing bioload.

Domino Damsel - 4"
Valentini Puffer - 4"
Spotted Puffer - 5"
Boxfish - 6"

Right now, your fish will grow to account for 19 inches of fish in a
37 gallon aquarium. That is a little over 1 inch per 2 gallons. A good
rule of thumb is 1 inch of fish per 5 gallons of water. You are
running over twice that ratio. So I wouldn't get anymore inhabitants.
You really should get more live rock. Your existing will not be able
to handle the bioload that is in there. Also, a deep sand bed is a
good idea too.

Best Regards,

Rick


(Phil) wrote in message . com...
I've recently set up my first sal****er tank. It's a 37 gallon with
about 15 pounds of live rock. Right now I have four small fish in it.
They are a Domino Damsel, a Valentini puffer, a Neon blue Spotted
puffer, and a Scribbled boxfish. All the fish are doing fine and get
along. I wanted to know what other kind of "animals" I could put in
the tank. Things like shrimp, crabs, urchins, anenomes, feather
dusters, starfish, etc... I understand that the puffers eat certain
crustations...Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks,
Phil