The Puffer Forum

I have 3 red eye puffers in a 40 gallon tank. the tank is heavily planted, even with a carpet of dwarf hairgrass. while the water quality would be perfect, especially with the weekly water changes. the problem that i'm running into is sediment (such as food, waste, etc.) is settling at the bottom, a...

i have been cycling my tank with mollies since my puffer died. now i have 2 mollies, a bunch of ghost shrimp, and 2 otocinclus catfish. ill be ordering 3 red eye puffers in about 2-3 days. the tank is now planted and well established. also, i have noticed that the petco that sold me the puffer now h...

Ok i figured it out. the puffer died a few days after i had put him in. its a shame but it should have been expected. the tank had not been cycled. I admit i am at fault here.

Ok so heres the deal, i set up an aquarium for a green spotted puffer, but kept it freshwater ( i know that most petstores keep 'em in freshwater). i saw that petco carried them, and the one that they had looked starved. it was kept with the glofish, and they probably tried feeding it flakes. the ta...