The Puffer Forum

Hi all, It's been a while since I visited here :D I've made a tough decision to sell my Congo, Tater. I am in the SW Ohio area (south of Dayton) and would MUCH prefer a pick up of this sweet fish. I am taking reasonable offers but would like at least $45 for it. I have to move yet again by June 10. ...

I love my Congo's. They are both very active...maybe I just got oddballs... Mine is pretty active too. She has changed colors from yellow-tan to tan with red spots. And she is very attached to me now. When I come in the room she comes to the glass and wiggles her fins at me. At first I thought I wa...

You need to upgrade your tank asap , these are quite active little puffers. Tank mates are a NO NO with these bad boys , pound for pound there probably one of if not the most aggressive puffers about and are highly terratorial . Conspecifics will be killed quickly and other fish relentlessly attack...

Arny wrote:Your Congo will eat all the adult and juvenile marble crays

Really? It is almost twice as big as she is. They must really be voracious
Still nothing would surprise me. She is quite the hunter. Thanks for the advice.

I haven't been in for a while, my puffers are doing fine. (still have my darling congo Tater, and the irrubesco) I'm moving again though, and was thinking of consolidating 3 tanks. My Congo is alone, naturally. But I have two marbled crays who have now begun to breed. Or clone...or whatever they do,...

MTS....u haz it bad

Excellent, thanks so much to both of you! I didn't know that article was in the Library. I'm always amazed at the wealth of info in there - and I thought I'd browsed it pretty thoroughly!

I'm going to try and keep all my tanks. I have the space, now we'll see if I can afford the electric bills on my own :D Anyway, I haven't moved a fish tank in many, many years. What pointers can you share with me? Any cool tricks or shortcuts? I'm bringing Tater first, tomorrow, hopefully. And if th...