The Puffer Forum

Alright thanx alot for all the help guys. You guys are better than any other forum i have joined before and i finally got alot of my plant questions answered. Is it safe to use plant fertilizer while the Puffers are in the water?

I belive im gonna do some Dwarf Hairgrass as carpet and some of the African Fern. I think il go all natural with the Driftwood so i dont gotta worry about the Java Moss.

In the youtube video, they suggest Nitrate Minus to get rid of Nitrate, i think il use it, also whats a good starting fertilizer?

The Current from the filter itself is none except right under the filter, i only want the Java Moss to cover a piece of driftwood and nothing else, i want the dwarf hairgrass for carpet but it it requires CO2 then i may as wells forget it. I can add a powerhead if needed because i have one on spare ...

I need help figuring out how to run a planted tank. Id like to have the followoing in my tank : TAXIPHYLLUM BARBIERI, MONOSOLENIUM TENERUM, ELEOCHARIS ACICULARIS, BOLBITIS HEUDELOTII. I need to know how you guys mix your substrate and if you use fertilizers to jump them off. I do not want to have to...

hmmmm, maybe il look into that, do you know anything about doing a planted tank, the other forums aint to helpful on that and i want this tank planted lol

Couldnt i just do Mystery snails, they look the same and i can buy a pair to breed in my 2.5 gallon. Are Wild Caught Earthworms okay?

I have no clue what a pond snail looks like, the only snails i have ever incountered is Tiger Nerite's, Mystery Snails, or MTS's. Never owned any other type of snail except those and never seen any other's for sale around here however, i can catch live crayfish on my Local creek but it is mighty har...

I will have to speak with the LFS to see if i can have them order a bunch and let me pick out 2 of them. Now what should i feed them, will they accept freeze dried Krill or will they require a different food. Also i remember you saying i could feed them from food at the super market can you give me ...

You mean lots of decor? Lots of waterflow, or lots of tankmates?

The Red Eye Red Tailed one most, and are you sure a pair would be safe in my 20 gallon?

I also like to get personal experinces if anyone has any with that species

Oooops i appologize, been a long week for me. I meant Red Eye Red Bellied Puffer, the more active species.

No thats not the correct species, this is the species im refering to

http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/fish/oc ... puffer.php
http://www.kosmix.com/topic/ocellated_puffer_fish

I belive however im going to go with the Red Eye Red Tailed puffer for my tank, anyone know how many i can do?

BTW im either doing a Red Eye species or Ocellated