The Puffer Forum

Thanks for those of you that provide helpful information. I think I'll go elsewhere for information/support from now on.

This WAS a reef tank. I kept mostly soft coral and inverts in it. I did not have the cichlids at full marine. I am not stupid and I am also not a he. I have never added salt to the tank and it sat scrubbed and empty for a long time (over a year, I had to sell everything because my husband was laid o...

puffykid wrote:
I don't believe there are any true brackish water plants.

I live within walking distance of a huge brackish river system. There are lots of submerged and floating aquatic plants along the shore. What do you mean by "true brackish water plants"?

I set my tank up as "fresh" March 2011. After it cycled, it house a neolamprologus brichardi for quite a while. He, unfortunately, went filter diving and when I found him it was too late. I borrowed the tanks current inhabitant, a peacock cichlid, from my husbands tank and he has been hang...

Thanks for all your help. :D If I have more questions I'll post them in the appropriate sections. Here are two pics of the tanks right after I added the new plants and power head. http://withinmyfourwalls.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/20120601-075811.jpg http://withinmyfourwalls.files.wordpress.com/20...

I spoke with my LFS and they will be able to order a F8 for me. It will come in as fresh water though. I want to improve my filtration and set up a snail breeding tank before I order a fish. I found some dead spots in the tank, so I rearranged a bit, added a power head, and replaced the last fake pl...

Neat photo Cute fish

Gobies can sort of act as cleanup crews, to an extent, by eating small bits of food the puffer leaves behind, but you'll have to make sure to feed them as well. They definitely have an impact on the tank's bioload. If their cleaning compacity doesn't really out weight their bioload, I'll probably p...

Thank you for the additional links and confirmation that my water will be an asset. (When I moved into this house the betta breeding had to go. :) ) Thanks for the compliment on my tank too. I will be replacing the fake plants in the background with swords and java fern at some point and covering th...

Great link! I just read four articles there. :) The Figure 8s seem a pretty good way to go with my tap water and SG of 1.005 shouldn't be too tough. My LFS actually has a small section of BW tanks. I think their SG is 1.008 though. I might run up there tomorrow and see how they would handle the puff...

Thanks for the quick reply, Puffertastic. :) I'm really encouraged to hear that the high pH isn't detrimental to my fish keeping plans for a change. Figure 8s are really attractive fish. With my dislike for full bio loads and the smaller foot print of the biocube, one F8 might be just the thing. Can...

Hello everyone, I've been lurking around here off and on for quite sometime trying to decide if a puffer will do well in my set up and if so, which one. I have a well established, 29 gallon biocube. This used to be my reef tank and I have done some mods to the lighting (108 watts PC) and fans. Salt ...