The Puffer Forum

Because it was 10pm last night that I posted that message, i'm across the pond in ol' blighty

Also why would RO water be the problem? I was under the impression that it was better as it had all the electrolytes and chemical compounds removed from the water via a fine membrane?

His belly has gone kinda dark and he's lost some of his colour which I normally assosciate with him being stressed so it could just be that. I'll do a water change tomorrow and see how he fares.

Cheers for the help

He's missing all the food and is constantly swimming round tasting the substrate. Food can be sitting right infront of him which he now misses rather than snapping it right up like he used to, also food can fall straight past him unlike before when he would easily catch it before it hits the bottom ...

To be honest i'm not sure, I made my mum aware that they grow very large before she bought him then all of a sudden "guess what I bought". I tried to make her aware but she always seemed to shrug off the idea of getting a bigger tank despite my warnings. It was all my mums decision as my d...

I've just been told a bigger tank is out of the question so we're going to have to give him a new home, do any of you know of any places he can go? I cant imagine anyone would want to buy him if he's blind

Yes its a Mbu, we've had one before that we lost to White spot as we kept getting told conflicting information from our LFS about what to do. He's currently 16 inches but doesn't seem to be cramped in any way as the tank is more of a cube than rectangular so its as deep as it is wide but I will take...

Our Mbu is 16" and only ever puffed when he was moved to a new tank

We have a Mbu puffer in a 350 Liter Jewel Trigon tank whose about 16" long who has been a happy fish up until two weeks ago when we had a heater malfunction, I noticed one morning the room he's in felt a little warmer than usual and I could see he was breathing rapidly (heat gets rid of the oxy...