The Puffer Forum

Well I treated them as instructed in the above link. I fed them as usual last night and this afternoon their bellies are still pretty round, even on the one that would start to look very skinny in 12 hours. A definite improvement :). I will step up the feeding and water changes over the next couple ...

Skimmers can work in freshwater, brackish and saltwater. The reason for the 'salt water only' way of thinking is because in more dense water such as saltwater, the bubbles can be smaller and linger longer (why some skimmers are six feet tall) so they gather more organics. There are a few reasons you...

I will look into those tablets or other treatment like that :) as for the key, what it does is it just breaks the hard sharp tip off, just the same as nail scissors on larger puffers. they really only bite it a few times and then stop. you cannot do it too often either because they remember. I somet...

Have you ever dewormed them? It is very likely that they have IP's. Also, I would question the accuracy of your parameters. In a cycled tank, there should always be a nitrate reading. Unless perhaps you do lots of massive waterchanges, have lots of plants, and perhaps add vitamin C? I doubt they we...

Ok everyone :) I have a tank with 3 green spotted puffers (tetraodon nigroviridis) (75 gallon tank, canister filtration and biowheel 400, zero nitrates, nitrites and ammonia, SG of 1.012) I have had them for over two years, they have always been the only fish in the tank and have always been well ta...