The Puffer Forum

I do maintain my filters... I simply rinse the foam and media with aquarium water on alternating months ( so each filter gets a clean every 8 weeks) I have turned off the pyrogens filter today and dosed with melafix and pimafix today and his colour has really darkened and he made an effort to swim a...

ok thanks! I am working on rehoming my clown knife now...I will keep doing changes and keep an eye on him. I live in the UK, and my nitrates are 40 right out of the tap so not ideal! I have 2 litres of Puirgen in the external filter (just put it the other day but seems to be working). Ill do another...

How can I tell if he has a stuck cockle shell?
I have tested with both JBL strips, JBL drops and API drops and the results are consitent.
If he has a stuck cockle shell how do I help him?

Hi, I have a 20" MBU in a 300gal tank with 2 FX6 and another all pond solutions 1400 gph external loaded with Purigean and floss current water .Amonia-0 -Nitrite - 0 Nitarate -30 -PH 7.2 I had a nitrate spike last week due to cleaning out my filters and the nitrates went off the chart! I did 50...

OK, at the risk of getting completely flamed..... I have been keeping freshwater and saltwater fish for 20+ years. I currently have a 22" MBU living in a 7X3X2. He lives with 7 Severums, an 18" Mono Bass, 2 large flag tails, a giant gourami and a big clown knife. He is very active and very...

I havent posted here recently...when I first got my MBU you guys were great help! He has settled in nicely and is now probably twice the size he was when I got him. He eats out of my hand, swims up to say hello when we walk near the tank, watches TV and is a happy choppy! He/she is definitely the mo...

Hi everyone, I posted about a week ago about RO and parameter change...At that point I was using a stets strip water test kit...I have since purchased an API test kit and have tested again... My nitrates in the tank are off the scale! I though OMG I better do another water change, but have done 3 50...

The shop where I got him has a huge community tank with a full grown MBU...IT IS AWESOME!!! I only wish I had the room to have a bigger tank! I think 8X4X3 is as big as Im gonna be able to talk the wife into :-) I use to keep Arowanas before moving to the UK 6 years ago so I do love big fish in big ...

ok great! Thanks guys! I will stay with the source water. I am really enjoying my new puffer! He is such a character! Love the way he greets me in the morning when I come downstairs and how he gets excited when he sees me getting ready to give him breakfast (feeding once a day on cockles at the mome...

hello, thanks for the response... no there is nothing wrong with the tap water other than the fact that it is very hard and has high PH...My thinking behind the RO system is that I want to give my puffer the best water conditions possible. He is currently in a 100 gal tank 6 X 2 X 2 and will be movi...

hi everyone! This is my first post here. Love this forum, lots of great advise and info! I have a new MBU, he is about 6". I have had him for a week. He is eating well and seems very happy. I put him in a well established community tank and he is getting on well with his tank mates. I have just...