Nightster's fahaka puffer thread

[Totenkampf]

I'm tired of the light I have on it now. They say 10k on them but Idk how old the bulbs are and are starting to look extremely yellow. I also had a ridiculous amount of algae growing in the tank so I'm almost positive the "k" value has dropped tremendously. After seeing SunnyHouTX's tank with the led stunner strips I decided it was time to make a change, so I ordered 2 36" 8000k stunner strips to replace the PC fixture I have now.

yes. flourescents will yellow with use and the spectrum will shift. cheaper ones with lesser quality phosphors will do this much more quickly. this is also probably the cause of algae growth since the higher plants will slow down their metabolism and the algae will fill the niche created by leftover nutrients and subpar lighting.

[nightster]

I don't even have any plants in the tank, they are all fake! Ill probably cut the light cycle back some too...

[Totenkampf]

i would imagine that the main thing is excess nitrates from a big fat and happy puffer. i'm strongly thinking about planting the sump when i get around to getting a fahaka. would you recommend adding airstone if i dont end up using a trickle filter? i would think that they would like well aereated water?

[nightster]

Quite possibly could be it, I guess ill find out after the lights get changed. Planting the sump? Guess I've never thought about that, act kinda like a refugium(?) for saltwater? I don't see how that would work with a wet/dry though. I'm by no means an expert on these fish, but i don't think extra aeration would hurt anything. Ive thought about adding an air pump and putting the air stone under the bio balls in the wet/dry.

[Totenkampf]

i would probably just have a sump (refugium) not a wet /dry so i would plant fast growing floaters like anacharis / milfoil or maybe bog plants in riparium containers to pull out nitrates...i would also use this as a snail hatchery and prefilter before the biomedia laden canisters. my idea is still evolving especially since i was looking out DIY overflows / wet drys / canister videos at lunch. if i do add a wet / dry then i have an idea about adding a 55 gallon sump under the 75. i could section that off into half refugium half wet / dry in that case and still have 100+ gallons of water column.

[nightster]

OIC, It sounds like an interesting project. It would be nice to house the snail hatchery under the tank, but I don't have the room. Do it and if you have great success with it then ill get you to build me one!

[nightster]

Well he is still alive, was begging for food yesterday so I guess I can consider the move a success.

[Totenkampf]

woohoo! sorry for the semi-thread jacking earlier but i am trolling fahaka owners for info

[nightster]

No biggie, this thread has taken many side roads but always finds it's way back.

[nightster]

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Dinner time!

[sunkenmetal]

crunchy

[nightster]

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I think he's getting smarter. He ate the shrimp and spit the nls out with 3 of those...

[sunkenmetal]

lol

[nightster]

Re: Nightster's fahaka puffer thread

So the light that I had on this tank started malfunctioning so I took it of and put the light from my 55g on it. Looks dim but ok for now.

[nightster]

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