The Puffer Forum

Yes, thanks. No meds just heat and salinity.

Have tried frozen (defrosted of course) bloodworms, which the LFS said he was eating fine there. Also tried brine shrimp and there are some small snails in there with him. Just seems fixated on pacing, seems oblivious to everything around him :/

I've had him about 24 hours now and he's constantly pacing up and down one place against the glass, and occasionally swims around but let's himself be carried in to plants/decorations. Have put food right up to his mouth but no interest. Should I be worried?!

Thank you! I'll do that right away. I was going to turn the setup to brackish don't way so is it ok to use instant ocean salt rather than normal NaCl, or is that best? I take it I don't need to worry about it's feeding yet as it's still not interested ? I've added photos as I forgot to last night. T...

Hi, I've just collected my first Figure 8 puffer from my LFS who ordered it in specially. They had it there for a few days where it came down with ich and also jumped out of the tank but managed to survive. It's been eating frozen bloodworms and started treatment. I've brought him home and he's on h...

Thanks for your reply. I think I got 2 females and one male, but it could've 2 males one female as one is hard to tell. The fish shop said they were eating frozen bloodworms fine. Now one of them seems to be swimming strangely like he can't balance himself, and has a sort of pocket of air under his ...

One has died now... When I put the food in it just goes everywhere so I can't pick it back out again or see if it's been eaten as there are so many plants/bits of driftwood etc. I have now seen one eat though, but both are really shy and hide when they see me. Is this normal?

Thanks again.

Hi, I realise this question has been asked a lot but I still would be grateful for your advice in my case! So, I have a 48 litre (about 12 gallon) tank that has been set up and cycled for around 6 months which used to house zebra danios and guppies until I moved them to a larger community tank. I de...