The Puffer Forum

The tank is enclosed on all sides exept for the front. Lighting is one 20 watt fluoresent tube and it is set on a timer. I dont feed as soon as the lights are on, its usualy hours after. His colour has darkened more and today he actualy puffed up when I fed him, wich I know is quite rare for an f8. ...

Thanks for the replys, yes the tank has a background and has good current from the large cannister filter. I posted the water paramaters in the original post. The tank has lots of live plants and many slate caves. I am going to try adding further decoration to the tank to see if this helps. The ligh...

Hi everyone, this is my first post on here, although iv been lurking for some time. Basicaly my f8 is very stressed. Hes completley terrified of me and wont eat food untill iv moved away to the other side of the room. Sometimes he jumps out of the water when I get too close. His belly is white but a...