The Puffer Forum

liquid tests

ok as of now the nitrates are about 0. before I did the water change last night the nitrates were higher.

38 gallon tank ammonia 0 nitrate <0 nitrite <0 ph 7.5-7.7 about 8 dwarf puffers and several otos I bought these puffers about 6 months ago when they were fairly young. All the while living together with no problems. I figure they have a good 3-4 gallons per fish. The tank is heavily planted. Recentl...

Happily my 2 red eye puffers are still alive, I moved them to one of my more established tanks. Their names are Sheena and Bruno!

I heard that catappa leaves were good for fish because they improve water quality and the eliminate fungus and certain diseases in aquariums. I also heard it's good for triggering breeding in fish. Does anyone here have any experience with these leaves and there effects and benefits for freshwater p...

I e tetra easy strips, the parimeters of the water were pretty much the same before and after the change. ammonia is about 0, what I did for bacteria is I swished a used filter cartridge in the water before putting anything in it, long before. only other fish are a few young glass shrimp, cant post ...

I just purchased 2 red eye puffers yesterday, I believe they are irrubesco. They are in a 30 gal US. When they first got into the tank they started exploring and whatever. The tank is pretty heavily planted but I have no décor in there. Within a few hours they began to glass surf, are they bored due...

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I'm starting a 30 gallon aquarium for a red eye puffer. I know sand is the best substrate and it probably doesn't really matter as long as it's a fine sand. I was just curious and a little worried about using African cichlid mix sand, would the puffer like it?

Great news, thank you!

Thank you so much guys. I'll get a picture up as soon as I get a camera.

I just bought a used 20 gallon tank. The dimensions are 30X12X12. I'm worried that this tank would be too shallow for a puffer though I'm not sure. I was I could put either dwarves in there or a red eye or two. Would a 12 inch deep tank be too shallow for these guys?

I'm a fairly new puffer enthusiast. I have several dwarf puffers in a 38 gallon tank with many plant along with otos and ghost shrimp. I'm very glad I found this site, there is much useful info on here.