The Puffer Forum

Thanks all, for suggestions. I added a ton bunch more plants to my tank, but since it's a taller tank there is still a bit of open space, and I was still having fights between the two males. So in the end, I donated the more aggressive and larger male to my LFS. Unfortunately, they didn't have any f...

Feed every day. I find that when we went to an every-other-day schedule, the puffers (all fish, for that matter) get more aggressive and nippy. Puffers are messy, they eat chunks of food, let some fall to the bottom, and generally act like piglets. Just let them be pigs, and over-filter the tank. O...

Unfortunately, I ordered the fish online with no option to choose gender. Will definitely keep that in mind going forward though, it makes a lot of sense. In the meantime, I'm going to rearrange the tank every so often, and add more plants to break up territories and hopefully keep any future scuffl...

Hello all, I am new to the hobby. I've have 3 Dwarf Puffers in a 12 gallon Fluval Edge planted tank for about 3 weeks now. Everything has been going great, until today. All of a sudden I noticed my smallest DP (juvenile, possibly female) sort of spin out in the water and sink to the bottom of the ta...