The Puffer Forum

I will move to a hardier salt water creature, maybe a snowflake eel or something else. I'll practice more before I return to puffers and when I do I won't start with a spiny... All I know is it was not to do with parasites or with eating coral, and I know he didn't starve... Maybe he had low oxygen?...

He's dead.

Hi please answer all the questions above in red so we can help you, you should never add salt directly to the tank I'm thinking 50% was too much water change for a new fish? I only did it because salinity shot up to 1.028 which i thought was too high for him. So I dropped the salinity down to norma...

Hi please answer all the questions above in red so we can help you, you should never add salt directly to the tank fed thawed squid in the last two days ive done a 25% water change and today a 50% I just put in some type of white rock from the fish store, they told me not to put live rock in and to...

My water levels are fine, my temperature is fine, my salinity is fine, and I check it way more then I should all day long so it isn't any kind of shock. But my Spiny Box Puffer that I just got is laying at the bottom of the tank, occasionally getting up to swim around or look at me but then he goes ...

My puffers name is Mr. Puffins, and he's still just a baby Spiny Box Puffer.

I have a 3 inch spiny box puffer ( and hes a fatty ) in a 50 gallon tank right now and he is alone, I don't plan to add other fish in with him. Is the 50 gallon enough for just him or should i invest in a 75 ( I will if I must but money is rather tight. ) He seems pretty content and I've only had hi...

Trust me guys I don't plan on touching the puffer, even before you guys gave me my answer. However thanks for the information and I will remember it. I am surprised at the lack of information on the subject around the web. I am also well aware that they should never puff air ( I plan to transport hi...

Are the spiny box pufferfish or any other puffer fish poisonous to hold in your hand? Are the spikes on the spiny box puffer poisonous or if they die in the water does it contaminate the water? Thanks for your help with these questions.