The Puffer Forum

I have my Turg from late last summer. I think he was from the same store and batch of 3. He is currently in a 29 gallon with a rainbow shark and clown loach and has been since his arrival. A pleco for about 5 months, then he finally killed it and left it. He doesnt mind the, more ignores them. He ha...

Nice to hear a couple more puffers put there like mine. I have white gravel in my tank. It is 20 gallon, with a divider on the right side maybe 3" - 4" on the tank is divided. The crayfish stay in there and while the puffer, Spot(i finally named him), lives in the other side with a mountai...

Just wondering how many people actually have one of these puffers?

good news! My puffer is finally starting to warm up to me. It comes to the glass and swims for me. It is also eating from my hand. I put a freeze dried krill in the water, squeezed the air out and let it bob on the top of the water and it came right up and ate the krill. Did the same thing to one mo...

well all my fish supplies are free cause i have a good friend that works at petco and i get free or extremely discounted stuff. like right now i am experimenting with a tank divider. The right 4 inches of the tank is one crayfish and 4 snails. but just a few minutes ago i added a small pleco and 2 l...

I have made much change since my last post. I have a penguin 150 and an aqua tech 20 (i think for 20 gallon tanks), for filtration in the tank. I am dong 25% water changes daily and adding 5-10ml of prime each change. Also, i purchased Cycle... it basically does the same thing as biospira i believe....

I dint have a fakaha puffer, but i know my puffer is only 3 inches long with the tail, and he likes to eat crayfish the size of him and crams with claws his fin size. I think your puffer will probably mature and learn his prey. Stick to smaller crayfish and crabs at first until he gets the hang of &...

Long story, but to keep it short... the owner of the tanks plays world of warcraft and works... that's schedule he follows and just last the fish in the 100 gal were dieing so he changed the filters complete, brand spanking new, and they are fine again. that's his tank maintains. the other tanks jus...

sorry didn't see your reply. I only take care of my 20 gallon tank. There is a 100 gallon tank in the living room, a 30 gallon at the top of the stairs, and a 10 gallon in the kitchen. I Ont mess with any of the tanks except the 20 gallon. I would die to change the 100 gallon and let the puffer live...

forgot that there is a tank upstairs, 30 gallon, barbs and a peacock eel. This tank has been running for months also, but the filter is the same and hasn't changed in a LONG time either... again i ask would any of this water help the bacteria growth in my tank?

the DPs lived one night with him. The only fish to still live in the tank with the puffer in the rainbow shark, first fish i bought. Now i am pretty concerned on raising and taking care of the other puffer. Also, one more thing... We have a 100 Gallon tank in the living room, been running for a real...

plan on getting an early start and getting some bio-spira,more prime, and a nitrite/ammonia test kit from LFS. Maybe some snails too.

well wanted to go to the pet store, but my friend wasn't working so i didn't. Came back and found out i didn't need a new filter... i need water changes. Right now i am going to do 50% water change daily, adding 5ml of prime. Does that sound like my puffer will pull through under those conditions? A...

The puffer seems to be healthy appearance wise, i am going to buy a new filter and possibly find a nitrate and ammonia test kit today. He is still breathing heavy and even bobbing its head it breaths so heavy. I am really hoping the new filter will help its heath.. any other suggestions or knowledge?

well after work, i suppose i will go buy a new filter, maybe a penguin biowheel 125. extra filtration. He used to eat freeze dried jumbo krill, and wont touch them any more cause i fed him crayfish.... should i continue to feed him the krill? i can clip it towards the bottom of the tank close to his...