The Puffer Forum

I acquired a giant orange fireworm with one exceptionally 'live' batch of live rock. I did something funny to the water chemistry and it came out of its hole and started thrashing around. Scared the bejesus out of me! : ) (not my pic) http://scienceblogs.com/photosynthesis/Hermodice-carunculata59-4(...

I kept a fahaka for a few years while it was still quite a juvenile (before succumbing to a tumor or some kind of cystic disease, long story) and I only saw it puff once - the tank lights were not on yet, and daylight was just starting to come into the room in the morning. I could only really see th...

I definitely felt it last summer, but this time around I didn't feel it at all -- though some people felt it on the 9th floor at work. I live on the 17th floor of a building, and when I came home, a 1.5 inch hairline crack in my 46 bowfront (which I had every intention of mending... at some point......

Having followed RTR's posts over a few years, here as a lurker and also over at Dwarf Puffers, I have certainly come to respect his experience and applaud his enduring (and endearing) crusade against perpetuating incomplete and inaccurate information. Cheers, RTR.

I wouldn't suggest relying on the same treatment for siamese fighting fish working for a puffer. Siamese fighting fish can handle some really extreme conditions because of the way that they do not need to rely on their gills to breathe and have another type of specialized organ for breathing air fro...

If my apartment wasn't four square feet, I'd have a 150g corner bow-front, crazy-planted, with a giant spoiled fahaka. One day.

Awww! That's awesome! You know, I found that once mature DPs start dancing the tango, they just don't stop. If you have the tenacity to inspect vacuum after vacuum, and if you let it, you'll have tank after and tank of fry!!! But I found the problem was feeding them just after they're at that stage ...

Man, I always worry that the big juicy snails I find in the backyard whilst gardening would somehow infect my puff with, like, flesh-eating disease, or terminal giardia. You've never had problems with post-frozen collected snails?

Nice coverage, all! The porker will perk up soon! : )

Hey there, If they're eating and not gaining weight, I'd say it sounds like internal parasites. I had a lot of trouble with IPs with my dwarf puffers. I'm not sure what Kusuri is, but my suggestion is to try Levimisole and treat for at least a week, more like two, with feeding only medicated food fo...

While it's a reassuring gauge of how well the puff is doing, feeding more than the smallest amount will keep popping up your ammonia levels during this time while the bacteria are establishing. If you're worried that the puff is suffering from elevated ammonia/nitrite, then I would only feed one sna...

Whoa, yes - why the huge drop in ph? That change is drastic.

That sounds awful. Now, more than ever, you need those test kits -- find them or buy new ones. I'm not sure how else a swirly eye can be treated except under excellent water conditions.

Before you start adding things to the tank water, I would make sure to have great water quality. It's kind of worrysome that your nitrates are still so high despite all these recent water changes. PP's right - patch the extra tank and get everything else out of there but the puffs. Anything else is ...

I know you feel horrible. I had a fahaka a while back and lost him after trying everything I could. After he stopped eating for a couple of weeks I called around to see if any vet in the area who treated "exotic pets" would take a look at a fish and found one. After feeling around, the vet...