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1. Water Parameters- PH=8 ; Nitrite=0; Nitrate=20; Salinity= 1.005 2. 46 Gallon Bowfront; 3 Figure 8 puffers all the same size and bought together; a few ghost shrimp (until they become dinner); I feed snails once a week 3. They are pretty small right now so I've been feeding brine shrimp once every...

I went to feed my f8 puffer tonight and I noticed that he was not using his left fin at all. At first I thought maybe one of the other puffers bit it off, but it was there... just sitting flush with his body. I was worried so I put some food for him to nibble in a net and caught him. Once he was in ...

Thanks for the feedback! I went back and rescued the little guy. The GSP was terrorizing him. He's so much happier now that he's in a nice big tank with my other 2 figure 8's. Tonight we went out and bought a 55 Gallon tank and we will cycle and get it ready for a GSP. For now, I'll continue to read...

Hello Puffer Forum! I have a 46 Gallon Bowfront Tank and from what I've read it's ok to have 2 figure 8's in this size tank. My question is, would it be ok to have 3 if there was plenty of hiding places for them? I had only intended to get 2, but when I went to pick them up from the LFS that ordered...