The Puffer Forum

It's not algae, it's diatoms--normal part of the new tank cycle. Remove manually with a toothbrush & be sure to stir the substrate during water changes. Thanks! That worked great. But now my teeth are orange.. Still trying to think of a name for my puffer... I'm bad at naming things, my cats na...

Plans fell through on the upgrade to the 55g tank... So I took two of the puffers back to the store I got them from. It was a sad day, the only puffer they had left was deflated. He was active, but he was really sad looking. I went back yesterday (About a week later...) and my two puffers were still...

Oh, I'm checking the sg on a daily basis. It's not really as random as I suppose I made it sound. I suppose I didn't really think ahead (and I regret that... I usually over-analyze, but seeing 20+ of these buggers in a 10-20g tank made me want to rescue as many as I thought i could asap). But I only...

BTW, the GSP's are a little over an inch long. I DO plan on moving them to a 55 gallon, but not for a few months.

Hello! I live in Fort Wayne, Indiana with my 6 puffers. About a year ago I was very lonely. I had 1 cat, a full-time job and I lived in an apartment. Well, I was new to the area, I had no friends except for my feline room mate, and I was bored. I had a slight surplus of funds because of my lack of s...