The Puffer Forum

Unfortunately I found him passed away this morning.

1. Ammonia 0(but both tests came out milky) nitrite 0 nitrate 0 pH 8.2 SG .005 2. 20 gallon live planted with one figure 8 puffer 3. Usually snails/ frozen foods such as mysis shrimp/ brine shrimp. Usually do 2 25% wc a week. Use seachem prime. 4. I was treating him for IPs by soaking API general cu...

If the main tank is cycled and there aren't any other fish in it why not just pop the puffer straight in the main tank? Food: bloodworms will be fine until the snails are ready but give him a mix of frozen foods such as mysis shrimp, brine shrimp, cockles etc. If I was going to use your quarantine ...

Blinkey wrote:I hope you meant 20 gal and not 20 L... because if so, that is wayyy too small

Yeah lol 20 gallon long sorry !

So I plan on quarantining my F8 before putting him into his 20L, just in case he needs medicine for worms, ect. Would a 5 gal be acceptable? I would put a heater and maybe a sponge filter in there (the filter wouldn't have any beneficial bacteria, but I assume some water movement and aeration would ...

Hi! I recently posted about setting up an aquarium for a few DPs, but since have changed my mind and decided on a F8 puffer instead. The set up is as follows: 20 gallon long tank, 2 filters (an aquaclear 70 and a sponge filter), a 100 watt eheim jager heater (set to 78), and some live plants and dri...

No more than 3 DPs. The 3 gallon rule is outdated, and based on DPs' personality, they do best with lots of room. When you keep them, you'll finally understand why the 3 gallon rule wld be unfair to the little guys. More (as in numbers) is not better for these fish. I wld suggest 10 gal for 1st puf...

I think I'll try it out then. Maybe just a bag in a different tank first. If it does raise my pH, then I'll just order some fluorite sand instead

can you post a link or picture of the bag of eco complete you have? I see most eco complete is geared toward keeping the PH high but maybe there is one that doesn't that I'm not aware of :P This is what I use http://www.rfitropicalfish.com/planted_aquarium_substrate/flourite_black_sand although I g...

Sounds good except for the carib sand - DP's don't need that high of a PH and while they are adaptable I think you would be better off with a different substrate. Fluorite is good if your going for live plants, or a cheaper option would be pool sand or inert gravel and use some root tabs depending ...

Pufferpunk wrote:
I'm not sure why you would use aragonite sand with a FW puffer?

It's not aragonite! http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/p ... catid=9087 <-- the exact one I bought. I believe it's for FW plants

Hi! So recently I decided to set up a 20 gallon long for some dwarf puffers! My set up so far: I have 2 filters, a sponge filter and an aquaclear 70, also a 100 watt EHEIM Jager heater and Finnex planted+ LED lighting. I bought Eco-Complete Carib sand and I have a bunch of live plants and some wood ...