{"id":3,"name":"Ian Jefferies, AKA Rocker","url":"http:\/\/","description":"I started out with my first fish tank quite by accident. I always used to pay interest in my mates tank when I went to his house. Well, one day he called me up saying he was splitting from his wife and the 2 foot tank had to go. That's how I started. Tank was in a mess so I gave it a thorough clean and replaced the fish and before I knew it the fish had died!\r\n\r\nNot knowing what had gone wrong I decided to try again but got help. Gradually I became hooked both on the aquarium hobby itself and the quest for knowledge surrounding the hobby. With that came an upgrade to a 5 foot tank. I ripped out the fireplace, plastered up the walls and made space for the tank. I learned about cycling and began to set up my community tank.\r\n\r\nA year or so later after the 5 foot was set up I purchased my first puffers. Two Colomesus asellus. They at the time seemed to do ok but before long they died. Again I needed answers so I started to trawl the Internet. That is when I found The Puffer Forum. I then decided to get some more puffers and make a Colomesus asellus species only tank. They lived well and it was seeing them thrive in their own tank that I was bitten by the puffer bug.\r\n\r\nI suppose the addiction really started when I saw my first tiny Tetraodon lineatus staring and following me around his tank. He was about an inch and a half long and was soon in his own tank at my home. I had problems for about a week with him not feeding so that's when I decided to actually join and post at The Puffer Forum.\r\n\r\nI got the help I needed so I decided to repay my gratitude by staying on. I am still here now in Admin status and my T. lineatus is a healthy 14\" beast!\r\n\r\nSince then I have bought and been given many puffers. I have a very good friend in the aquarium trade which is always good to have. His shop has provided a few of my custom made tanks along with some of the equipment and decor. \r\n\r\nOver the years I have massed a fair collection of fresh water puffers.\r\n\r\nAt the time of writing I have in my collection.\r\n\r\n\r\nTetraodon lineatus x 1\r\nTetraodon baileyi x 1\r\nTetraodon abei x 1\r\nTetraodon cochinchinensis x 1\r\nTetraodon suvattii x 2\r\nTetraodon miurus x 2\r\nTetraodon palembangensis x 4\r\nCarinotetraodon travancoricus x 14\r\nCarintetraodon irrubesco x 2\r\nColomesus asellus x 2\r\n\r\nI also have my 5 foot community tank and a snail breeding tank.\r\nI have 9 puffer display tanks.\r\n\r\nOver the years I have bred Angel fish for my friends shop and written a few articles for The Puffer Forum. I work full time and when I get the chance I work part time as a Rock Journalist reviewing CDs and gigs and a few interviews along the way. I love Rock music so if you want to chat to me about that then I will always welcome you.","link":"https:\/\/www.thepufferforum.com\/forum\/library\/author\/rocker\/","slug":"rocker","avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dc25b30b56471dc81881445ccd44dfa37accc1cf6361a6d4a3dd8885da3b17e6?s=24&d=mm&r=g","48":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dc25b30b56471dc81881445ccd44dfa37accc1cf6361a6d4a3dd8885da3b17e6?s=48&d=mm&r=g","96":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dc25b30b56471dc81881445ccd44dfa37accc1cf6361a6d4a3dd8885da3b17e6?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"meta":[],"amp_review_panel_dismissed_for_template_mode":"","amp_dev_tools_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepufferforum.com\/forum\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepufferforum.com\/forum\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users"}]}}