The Puffer Forum

Ya, my DP does it as well. I make him wait until I feed the other fish first, since he won't eat anything that's not live, I don't want the other fish to eat his so he gets fed after I put the other stuff in.

If you were to do a community tank, the only puffers I would come even close to trusting would either dwarfs or SAPs, and depending on personalities it would be a coin flip. Neither of those meet the 4 inch minimum you request either. Any SAP that is even close to 4", would be ancient, and they...

My Dwarf does not bother the ghost shrimp community that is in my tank either. Puffers have a wide variety of personalities, so it will be hit or miss whether shrimp will be ok or not. Many of the puffer keepers here strongly push towards species only tanks, because of aggression or feeding problems...

I've had my SAPs since december 2012, and yes, they're bigger, but it doesn't seem like a lot since I got them. I know they were pretty young, but like berie says, it does seem to be slow growth.

eheihm? I have no idea what that is, or a fuge.

I have a 20g long sitting around....those pictures of that congo are amazing, I suddenly want one.

The thread I had on my SAPs has some information in it that was passed on to me, as well as with some close observation of my crew and what things I have done for their setup. I currently have 3 SAPs in a 55g long. They really do use up the entirety of the tank. I have a mix of plants in my tank whi...

Out of curiosity, has anyone tried amazon black water extract with SAP tanks? I'm curious if that has an effect as to how fast their teeth tend to grow in captivity compared to many of the other puffers people keep, or their personalities in general.

Alright, so after about 3 weeks with the new powerheads in there, the SAPs have changed drastically. I picked up a new powerhead that cycled 700 gph. Because of the dimensions of my tank, which is tall and long, but not wide, one powerhead even at 700 gph had a difficult time getting a good current ...

Recommendation for a 55g long? Half yours, so 500ish? When checking the current it doesn't quite make it half way down the front of the tank before slowing down.

Wow, that's a significant difference. Guess my next purchase is a different powerhead.

I cannot stand CAEs, chinese algae eaters. I've tried several tanks with them and they have always become extremely aggressive. I had attempted one with the the SAPs a few months ago, but he actively bullied them. He grew to about 6 inches long and it took maybe maybe 2 hours to catch him so I could...

Siamese Algae Eaters. The other thing about SAEs though is that most LFS never get them. Instead they usually get flying foxes which are known to become aggressive as adults. The two fish look very similar, which is one of several reasons why they get mixed up at LFS. If you see them in your LFS mak...

Pretty much everything in my tank gets along and leaves each other alone. I have several SAEs ( Siamese Algae Eaters Crossocheilus siamensis) for algae and clean up duty, 2 fiddler crabs, hence the driftwood that extends in to the small tanks for the out of water section they require, 2 vampire crab...

Ok, tank pictures and some of my little guys, as best as I could get on my phone's camera. This is the tank. The powerhead is on the left, a little above the middle of the tank. I thought a 500g an hour turnover was a lot, but I'm wondering if it's not enough as it doesn't seem to quite hit the end ...