The Puffer Forum

oh ya i test my water everyday everything is fine, and perfet, and i did the fishless cycling, so ya my water's perfect basically cause i test everday, and there's a lot of ecor for him to play with, but he's just like retarded , althoug now he's staring at me through the glass LOL so i guess he wa...

Sounds like a target puff of some sort. If it is a target it is nearly grown at 6". Being >5" makes me think that it is most likely a T. Turgidus and if that is the case then it would probably try to kill anything that you wanted to live with it. My turgidus sometimes snaps his teeth at th...

Vallisneria americana does well for me...
water sprite makes an ok floating plant for light BW
Jungle Fern and moss of course work and you may be able to get sagitaria (sp?) to grow as a grassy cover it seems to do ok in aragonite sand in my tank.

good luck YMMV

I could not keep two sexually mature fahakas in a 180, and doubt seriously that a tank several times that size would have helped. Folks absolutely have to understand that juvenile puffers tolerate conspecifics. Adult aggressive hunter-predators rarely do. There is all the difference in the world be...

Jayhawk wrote:I love my figure 8...great fish - loads of personality.

They really are interesting and fun little guys. I love mine.

oh I see. I had misread lisalisa's answer.

F8's move to full marine as they grow as well?

My turgidus puffs for attention but usually only when females are in the room (he'll puff and fight his reflection untill they walk over) ... sometimes I think he likes my girlfriend more than me because of this. My girlfriend always says "sizzla'z puttin' on a show!"

I got Frik and Frak my 2 DP's and Fate my F8 as well.

GSPdragon wrote: Any tips on getting them on live blackworms?
They are cute little buggers!

Get a worm basket. It will help keep them out of the substrate and keeps them wiggling in the fish's face.

Yes, they are adorable!

I finally got my turgidus on dead foods. I had to get a bag of shell on shrimp from the grocery store (yes my fish is now eating human food :-\). I cut them in half and he gets one half every 2 days supplemented with snails. He won't seem to eat dead food with the lights on though (I think because i...

Boxermom wrote:I'm jealous. I'd love to have a tank big enough to get a mbu.

every time that I see people aspire to own an mbu it makes my fahaka dream seem OK....

ugg I can't post it as an attachment. I'll try to put it online somewhere so that I can link it within a few days or something

lisalisa wrote:As in Sizzla, the reggae artist?

Wow, yes exactly!

I will have to send you a hillarious photoshop my girlfriend made since you are familiar with the artist.

I will try this really soon and get you some feedback. I made a set of moonlights from cathode tubes but it's making my fishtank look like a damn nightclub so I don't use it. Hopefully the LED's will be better.