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Looks like I may go the way of F8s again. Question. Can ADA Aquasoil be used in a Brackish Tank? And does anyone have any picture example of how to make a tank interesting for F8s?

Yup, I was referring to the miurus. Guess what I saw on youtube is misleading. I'm leaning towards irrubescos since I've kept dwarves before. But as mentioned, it's tough to find them here in Singapore. Same with SAPs. The season here seems to be for Schoudetenis / MBUs / Fahakas. Figure 8s used to ...

Sorry on the late reply, my tank measurements as follows - Length60cm x Width36cm x Depth43cm Would love to keep irrubecos but they're damn hard to find here in Singapore. The season now seems to be for Schoudetenis and Congo Puffers. My daughter has seen how my older puffers have decimated fishes s...

[welcome] Schoutedenis are very active fish & like a lot of swimming room. I son't think a 2' tank would be large enough. It should be big enough for a Congo but your daughter won't be happy with this species, as it hides in the sand 99% of the time. What about some dwarf puffers? You could kee...

Hi All I have a 2ft tank that I'm currently cycling which has ADA aquasoil as the substrate and will eventually be putting in some plants and rocks to create hiding spaces. My main goal is to keep a T.Schoutedeni or a Red Congo Puffer. Intending on just keeping one and probably a handful of really q...

Should be around the size of the puffer's eye. Try crushing them 1st. What kind of snail? The snails may be too large. Good reads: https://www.thepufferforum.com/forum/library/category/feeding/ Horned Nerite Snails and Small Apple Snails. he did try going after them a few times but stopped after a ...

Hello Vickyboi, Your current water chemistry may not be compatible with your Figure 8 and the pacing could mean that he/she is trying to escape. If your Tetras are thriving then your puffer will be struggling because Tetras require soft acidic water and your puffer requires hard alkaline water. Wha...

Hi Guys

My Figure 8 only seems to want to eat frozen bloodworms

It doesnt go after the snails i've put in nor the frozen ghost shrimps or even a live lone survivor feeder ghost shrimp

How do i train it to eat the frozen ghost shrimp or the snails?

Hi all! As title states I'm new and an accidental owner of a Figure 8. This is a long post so my apologies in advance. I have a 2" Figure 8 housed in a 20 gallon dechlorinated freshwater tank with 5 cardinal tetras and a lone survivor feeder ghost shrimp that has survived two tank changes someh...