The Puffer Forum

nitrite level is less than 0.3 yellow on test chart the lowest colour it reads. i think for toad it was the new filter stirring up the sand/increased flow may be too much, a sudden large water change when new filter pumped it all over living room floor tipped him over the edge. but thank god he appe...

just tested my water supply nitrate level is at least 20mg/l if that means anything to any one 4th colour up from 0mg/l. sera test kit today toad has returned to his normal colour and is swimming around but his still not right. nitrates in his tank is 40mg/ml well high but if the water im adding con...

the sponges in the filter were actually taken from another tank with fish in which had been running for over 2 years but the actual water in toads tank was new but treated with nutafin aquaplus just looked into bio-spira and as you say can only get it if you live in America :x so many things i want ...

thanks for responding john but the fluval is purely a supplement filter and the old one is still in the tank. doing small daily water changes at the mo. the tank is 30inch, before anyone says its to small for a mbu a larger one is in the pipeline i got the 2nd ext fluval so that i could build up bac...

I've had toad for a month he has been well eating once a day all going well,i decided to increase his filtration as his very messy, brought a fluval205 installed it but the next day toad was breathing rapidly not his normal self, i gave him and cockle which he ate but not all of it, after that he ap...

spud- gsp
toad -mbu

note taken, and understood

thanks for your replies, my plan is to get a larger tank once he grows another couple of inches, the tank he is in at the moment will not be big enough for him to fully grow up in, but for now he is really small but have no fear i will be moving him way before he is restricted in moving. only had hi...

hello i am now the proud owner of toad a 3inch mbu this is my second puffer i also have spud a gsp which is a great little guy as well as koi, lobster and tropical fish i have 2 questions 1) how often and how many times in a day should i feed my mbu i currently feed spud every other day but i assume...