The Puffer Forum

Nick is very right - it's all relative !

Hi Navy - People go on about refractometers but a swing arm hydrometrer is fine for the brackish aquarium, I have had success with this tool for years although I have seen some models where the scale doesn't go low enough in salinity as they are designed for marine rather than brackish use. I can re...

Dear Mr Norway, I know this is a constant source of debate between Tetraodon enthusiasts, the fresh/brackish figure 8 thing : surely eventually you need to go back to source - Ebert may be wrong but he knows more about puffers than most, having studied them for over 40 years. I have always found the...

Dear Dan06, I have java fern & Anubias in by Brackish tank - rooted to bogwood. I have to admit the anubias is not doing too well but the java fern seems to last longer . I have however mixed some fake silk plants in with the real ones this gives Fatty & finny ( my two figure eights ) the ex...

Hi everyone - I keep 2 figure 8s myself in low brackish water 1.005 sg - 1.007 sg dependent on water changes. I always make my salt water from de-ionized tapwater with marine salt added. Before discovering the puffer forum I used Dr Klaus Ebert's book as my reference to puffer care ( ISBN 393170260x...