The Puffer Forum

Joey, thanks for playing devils advcado. :) Alternative opinions are always welcome. As it stands however i've decided to give the fish to a friend who is keen to get a couple of these in his larger tanks. The fact is a I want a fish that is at home in the tank that i've been working on al these mon...

Sorry just seen this. a friend of mine has baggsied him already. Wants to give puffers a go. If he changes his mind i'll get in touch. As an aside, I know you were talking aboout struggling to find puffers. If you do find yourself in london there is a shop in bethnal green called wholsale tropicals ...

Just to wrap this thread up. Here's the final position: - Water changes and a drop in CO2 have cured his innactivity. - The limited appetite was due to dental reasons. For some reason i was expecting not to have to do won for a few months but his teeth were already long when I got him (unfortunately...

Hmmmn, I was fearing that may be the case. I'm really annoyed at myself. I researched but not to my usual level and it clearly wasn't enough. I basically saw "non-aggresive, fresh water puffer, likes high flow, grows to an interesting yet only needs 15 US gallons" and thought "I'll ha...

Thanks for the responses. I'm running the risk of double posting here, I've another open thread which kind of strays into this territory. I just wanted to find out if there was anyone out there who does currently, successfully keep a single SAP. The tank is only a 67 litre. Heavily planted/decorated...

Thanks for the quick reply. Yeah I saw your other post where you talked about rescuing a single SAP and that after a while it became a happy fish with a "serious personality". I'm just over a week in to my own single SAP and there is a lot of glass surfing going on and limited appetite. I'...

Title says it all really. Has anybody had any personal experience of keeping a single SAP? How long for? Was it a success? Was the fish happy or did you have to get more SAPs? I bought a single SAP under the impression 3+ was a nice to have rather than an essential. Now i'm starting to wonder if i'v...

Bugger. Let's try uploading that again!

Okay so following the water change he is now much more active - I would say non-stop. This suprised me since the parameters from tank to source were so similar but there has definitely been an improvement. I even witnessed him snaffle a couple of blood worms so that has relaxed me somewhat. This now...

Quick update on the source water: PH: As I said before a bit higher than the tank water. I think somewhere between 7.6 and 7.4 (damn API test kit - it's apparently higher than 7.6 on the low PH test and lower than 7.4 on the low PH test so i'll call it as 7.5). Amonia: Exactly the same as the tank w...

Hi all, Wow, thanks for the quick reponses, that's really great. I'd been having a read through some of the posts before joining, seems like a great bunch with some great advice on this forum. It's quite reassuring to hear you've all immeadiately just jumped straight to a water requiring a change, r...

Hi all, I'm brand new to puffer keeping although not to aquariums. I've only had my South American / Amazon Puffer for 5 days now and i'm already starting to worry. My water parameters are: Ph - 6.5 Amonia - <0.25ppm Nitrite - 0ppm Nitrate - 40ppm Salinity - Fresh water Feeding - trying to do it onc...