The Puffer Forum

Thanks Iliveinazoo! Yes, I'm certainly not advocating keeping a dozen puffers in my tank, don't worry. . . ! And I've seen plenty of dead fish in these shops, at all times of day, to know they are far from ideal environments. Also I didn't realise that 15 gallons was 15 US gallons. In which case I h...

Hi bertie - you think so? I guess I hadn't taken into account that the substrate, rocks, plants etc are shrinking the amount of water substantially. Just so I understand though, do you think this could have killed him? I just think back to the shop I bought them from where there were about a dozen o...

Hi all, Thanks again for the advice. Pufferpunk, I've read the article on fishless cycling and I'm not sure how else I should have cycled the tank? I used an ammonia source (the plant substrate) and bacteria source (Cycle and the filter sponge), waited until ammonia / nitrate / nitrite readings were...

Hi all - thanks so much for your responses! A few comments: Whatever the actual nitrite reading is, the test results are the lowest option on the scale. Perhaps it means <0.1. Overstocking doesn't feel so likely as we only had one F8 in at a time. Both the F8s were still youngish - probably about 2/...

(I'm reposting this from fishforums.co.uk with some additional info) Help! I've recently set up a small 70 litre (15 gallon) tank with the intention of transforming it into a low-end brackish tank for a Figure 8 Puffer and a few tankmates. I bought an F8 from Wholesale Tropicals in London and introd...