The Puffer Forum

Hello all, I wanted to see if anybody has see this before. It appears that my Porcupine Puffer Timmy likes hermit crabs, as fish not food. I added a few small hermit crabs to the tank to give him something to chase and wear down his beak on but it appears that he has taken a liking to them. One make...

That is exactly what I did and it went fairly well, I think he was trying to spit water as I was moving him between tanks. He is now in a 6 gal tank, and appears to be doing a little better. He ate his breakfast as normal and is currently swimming around, but he seems to be swimming around more and ...

I will try changing out the carbon in the filter. If I recall correctly the filter moves 300gph, and I am not sure how much my protein skimmer moves, but they are on opposite ends of the tank to maximize water movement. There is also a 12" bubble bar across the back of the tank. The water mix w...

YBeNormal, Thank you for the quick reply. After I did my research the other night, of course after adding the clown, I realized that it was probably a bad idea to just throw the clown into the mix. But it is now a mute point as this morning the clown has died. I am going to recheck my water today, b...

Hello all, I am having a bit of a problem with my Porcupine puffer Timmy over the last two days. Basically the only time he is active is feeding time. The rest of the time he spends laying inside rock formations. He also looks like he is panting while laying there. When he comes out for food he was ...