The Puffer Forum

Thanks everyone! As long as the gill is not red or has visible parasites..You should be fine. And as long as he is not a smoker, coughing once in a while won't hurt him either. If he Always breaths through one gill or breathes rapidly rapidly a lot..then yes get concerned! HOWEVER....you have a few ...

1) ph: 7.2 ammonia: 0 nitrite: 0 nitrates: 5 still freshwater 2) 15 gallon 1 ghost shrimp 3) Feed every day. Every other day I feed him frozen bloodworms. On the other days, I feed him freeze dried baby shrimps. And I drop him a few snails here and there to help out with his beak. As for water chang...

I call this the "Crap...I'm stuck" ... I guess he's starting to put two and two together and is ready to feast

It was hard taking a clear shot of this picture because they were all moving but if you look closely, the little guy is swimming with the two ghost shrimp. I really don't think he's going to eat these guys haha I was wondering that maybe he's scared of them possibly? The possibilities are endless bu...

Sometimes puffers do "adopt" live foods as temporary tank mates. Sooner or later they tend to get eaten, but some are quite lasting. He doesn't bother the ghost shrimp anymore. It's cute because he even swims with them along the glass. But I am still anticipating the day he consumes them ...

My brand new GSP promptly devoured 2 ghost shrimp bigger than he was not too long ago. My guess is that your puffer isn't settled in to his new habitat yet and needs a little more time. You could also get frozen mussels, mysis shrimp, frozen krill or scallops on a half shell for your little guy. Av...

Hi everyone! It has been a while since I have been back on here. I finally got a new gsp named Cricket. He's a nifty fellow. He Window surfs a bit and sleeps a lot but there is another odd thing that he does. He doesn't try to attack or even eat the ghost shrimp that I put in the tank with him. I sp...

Yes, I know, but it's hard to see it that way when it involves kitten. I'm guilty of exceeding my pet limitations almost every where I've lived, but, the management always knew. They know we would rescue and foster, and our apartment is never trashed, rent is on time, etc. If you can't go by it hon...

I feed my puffs red wigglers worms once a week. My worms are small, so they can fit into my small puffer's mouth easily. I once threw in a large worm from the bait shop. My puffs shred it to pieces, which caused pieces of worms to spread throughout my tank. I had to do a water change the following ...

My wife said to suggest putting it in your closet. She kept a guinea pig in there for 4 years of college lol. I never knew before today. oh wow that is very clever! Too bad my closet isn't covered :/ The only place I know I can fully hide him is under my bed Because I can put a cover over him. But ...

Reaperpilot2014 wrote:That little guy ate an earthworm? Best of luck keeping him hidden and safe!

Well I gave him the smallest one that I could find and he loved it. And thank you! I'll have to figure out how to do it haha

Here is Chewy. This is the best picture I can get of him right now. He's temporarily in a 5 gallon. I'm sneaking in my 30 gallon into my dorm this weekend. I'm so excited!

HI! I'm sorry I forgot that I posted here. I shall post a picture up soon! I fed Chewy an earthworm yesterday and he is one full GSP

Thank you all for your input! I just got mine from my backyard at home if that makes a difference. I didn't want to cut them in half so I just gave him a decently small one yesterday. I also just washed the worm out in water and then dropped him in. Chewy loved it

bertie 83 wrote:Most reasonable aquatic stores hold fish vitamins here so most likely

Thank you again! I live in a pretty um "ghetto" city for school so I'll have to look around for sure because hey really don't ahve many stores here haha thank you again!