The Puffer Forum

I added a bunch of stuff to my user gallery. It's tough to get good pics of the ocellatus because it moves so fast, the only clear pics you can get are when they are resting or cornered. http://www.thepufferforum.com/forum/ug.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=3262 Here he is after I chased...

Aptasia can sting fish if they are big enough. Watch for white marks and ragged fins.

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e88/midgetwaiter/Fugu/fugu.jpg There's this one but it isn't the greatest, I'll pm you a higher res version. I just moved it into a new marine tank so once he settles down I'll try and snap some. I'll try and get one from my display at work as well, that one is hug...

If the water involved is brackish, the "ammonia remover" will serve as an ammonia dumper if has had any ammonia exposure, as most such materials (natural zeolytes and synthetic resins with the same functionality) are salt-exchange materials. In other words they don't work in brackish or s...

Great Update - thanks so much for posting it! Please continue to update us on these fish as they mature - wondering if aggression will pick up as they mature or as size differential increases. Beautiful fish too! Actually nicer specimen than that on cover of Ebert's book. According to Ebert, the ma...

I'm a little disappointed with the response to this. I'm not going to try and say that I've managed to solve all the problems with keeping these fish in captivity, there's a good chance that I've been lucky and nothing else. It would have been nice if some of the people that were so adamant that I w...

The little buggers are really camera shy but here is a picture of the tank: http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e88/midgetwaiter/Fugu/fugutank.jpg And a couple of the larger fish: http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e88/midgetwaiter/Fugu/fugu.jpg http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e88/midgetwaiter/Fugu/f...

Well it's been a year and all 3 t. ocelatus under my supervision are.... fine. I have pretty much been convinced that 2 things are required to be successful with these fish. You need to get some in good shape in the first place which is difficult and probably as much luck as anything else. Second po...

Did you treat for any internal parasites? The lack of appetite and lethargy can be an indicator for that.

What are the stools like?

Dave, which Calgary LFS did you order from?

Cool stuff Jhong. Part of it reminded me of something that happened about 10 years ago. I tried to make that sound a bit funny. But it's not. Seriously. If a lithium battery is shorted out (e.g. by something metal in your pocket, or by connecting it up wrongly, or by clumsily laying the circuit boar...

One other thing if you get really jammed up on the clock thing (I feel your pain) you might Want to at least consider making a pcb. I've done it a couple times before, it's not pleasant but it's not very hard.

http://www.fullnet.com/u/tomg/gooteepc.htm

Jeez, rise and set times? You are ambitious aren't you. My plan was to just use the Synodic month (29.53 days) and build a table like 0-.25 (29.53) set to 25% output .25-.5 (29.53) set to 50% output Etc. Of course my new plan is to sit back and copy Jhong's stuff. :) You know, while figuring out lun...

Yeah my coralife fixture is a 1 watt so I've got a pretty good idea what I'm in for. They say right up front in the thermal guidelines not to power it without a heatsink. I just happen to have a 3 volt wall wart kicking around so I might not mess with it, just use that. Even if I do change my mind, ...

Little slow at work today so I decided to look around.

http://www.luxeonstar.com/item.php?id=3 ... =LXHL-MB1C

Now that is a LED! 110 degree viewing angle even. I found a place I can get them locally too.