Welcome to The Puffer Library - a collection of articles written by our community members and a range of puffer experts.
With information on everything from caring for your new puffer, to understanding the finer points of filtration, the library is designed to be a valuable resource for both beginner and exerienced puffer keepers alike.
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Most Recent Articles
Heather Cooan, AKA Linearchaos
The Tetraodon suvatti, commonly sold in the aquarium trade as the arrowhead puffer, Mekong puffer, pig-nose puffer or hog-nose puffer, is one of the most vicious of all puffers. The suvatti is rapidly growing in popularity due to the observable butchery involved in its natural eating habits. However popular this fish may be, it is also highly misunderstood due to the lack of information available surrounding the entire Tetraodon species. The suvatti can be and often is a difficult fish to keep and for those unfamiliar with puffer fish in general it is not a good introductory choice. Read the rest of this article »
Category: Puffers in Focus | Added on: September 18th, 2007
Neale Monks
Clean-up crews are meaningless in freshwater and brackish aquaria, and only mean something in reef tanks. You don’t need them in ordinary (non-reef) marine tanks anymore than in freshwater tanks. Read the rest of this article »
Category: Miscellanea | Added on: September 15th, 2007
Stuart Morse, AKA manutius
Introduction
The author of this article, Manutius, is the owner of a 16″+ Mbu puffer, Clooney. Like many owners, he was told his 5 foot 90+ gallon tank was fine for the fish by the shop selling the puffer, and only later learned how enormous Clooney could grow and just how much space a full grown Mbu needs. Read the rest of this article »
Category: Puffers in Focus | Added on: June 4th, 2007
