The Puffer Forum

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All you have to do is read any of the sillicate case studdies by Randy Holems Farley, Ph. D. or RObbert Fenner, those are kind of experts I "brush" my information from, I don't need to post a list of my experience I don't think that is necessary. Just research and read the articles and pro...

I am not a sand fan in any way, but I am highly dubious that silica sand represents any significant physical and health hazard to any puffer. Well then chief, you've not dealt with many marine organisms have you...especially elasmobranchs. It's marine aquarist 101 that sillicates and sharply laden ...

Skeptical I would not be as so bold to say anything, sillicate based substrates are certainly not good for pufers. Any scatches they recieved on their bellys while searching the bottom of the tank would certainly result in the emergence of a bacterial infection.

**AJ

Pufferpunk wrote:Wow, thanks for doing all that "sole" searching for us!

(Couldn't help myself!) :15:

I get it, lol...I also think Bob made the same joke on WWM once too.

Ok guys here is the "dish", there are many genus of flat fish which are called by the common name flounder. These animals while having similar biology come from many different type of niches, including freshwater rivers to temperate marine environments. Uttering a statement about general c...

I'm not trying to be smart here but there the following questions I am about to ask are important when keeping any animals in aquaria... There are ones that get no bigger than 2-3 inches and that is the type I've kept with my puffers. What type, perhaps this is the issue here, that we are using here...

This is on marine QT tanks; http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-10/s ... /index.php

But the logic/reasonning/basics are fairly similliar to FW/Brackish.

Apocalyptictoast wrote:Negative, Adam. Gymnthorax tile. It's brackish. (Usually sold as a "freshwater eel.)"

That's why you use scientific names.

Edited by PP to make more sense (changed your quote)

By snowflake eel do you mean; Echidna Nebulosa...

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/snowflakemoray.htm

If so, why is this not in the marine section?

Adam J.

I know this has been mentioned already, but sumps are great for any type of aquatic set-up, be they freshwater, brackish, marine fish only, or marine reef. Sumps add for great versatillity of equipment, and on there MOST basic level add water volume to the system which increases your margin for erro...

They do have fused beaks but they are no where near as dense as some of the other, larger, marine puffers like Arothoron sp. Keep in mind that filamentous alage tends to includes coraline algaes as well and they do tend to supplement that "algae-eating" with invertebrates, like micro-fauna...

My favorites in terms of looks and behavior are; Canthigaster bennetti Bennett's sharpnose puffer, they are hard to come by...They hail mostly from Africa but filamentous alage make up about 75% of their diet so they are a really safe bet around most inverts. Max size is also only about 3.5" - ...

No sorry, I meant to say the larger hawaiin ones, are the the only ones I wouldn't be willing to risk, others I would give a try.

Funny enough; It seems lately that there is an interesting epidemic of reef-keepers risking animals in their bio-topes that are not “commonly-recognized” as reef-safe animals, mostly angels but tobies (puffers) and even triggers are making that list lately. (I hope everyone does not read that as a r...