The Puffer Forum

Has anyone seen Hairy Puffer eggs? See my other post. I just added pics of what look like white eggs. There is only a feeder guppy, cories, and pond snails in the tank. No shrimp.

He is still worrying me so far. I thought I just saw him upside down under the driftwood, but now he is zooming around the tank. I tried getting a picture but he isn't cooperating. Water parameters look good: pH 6.8, 0 ppm Ammonia, 0 ppm Nitrite, and 5-10 ppm Nitrates. Water change is scheduled for ...

Dino the Hairy Puffer has arrived (Dino as in the dinosaur pet from The Flintstones). Hopefully he survives. The arrival was a bit stressful since his bag was leaking and there was not much water left by the time I got him to the tank for acclimation. The leak looks to have been caused by several ho...

Pufferpunk wrote:Have you found a source for this fish?

Wet Spot Tropical Fish in Portland Oregon has several for sale.
sales@wetspottrpicalfish.com
503-719-7003

The tank was cycled using some filter media, water, and substrate from my other tank. Then the guppies and cories were added to keep it going. It has been sitting at good levels for over two weeks now. I've only been doing ~10% water changes at the moment, but will increase to 30-50% after the puffe...

So I think I have finally decided which puffer I want to get. The desire started almost 3 years ago when I saw a porcupine puffer at the LFS. I've been practicing the general aquarist skills for awhile now. First I thought I wanted dwarf puffers. Then I almost got talked into getting a couple SAP. T...