The Puffer Forum

Sorry I didn't reply earlier. I was very busy. The puffer is doing fine again. I have tested my water at the aquarium shop. The waterparameters were ok, the problem was a low oxygenlevel. Because the last days it was very hot I left out the lights, I did'n't had many live plants, so the few I have p...

He's located in a 10 gallon aquarium I have him for about 4 months,. Before he came in the aquarium has run with a shrimp in it for about 3 weeks. I feed him every other day. He's on a diet with mussles cockels, shrimps and some times some bloodworms. The water parameters: KH: 5 GH: 11 PH: 8 Temp: 2...

Since he's in the quarantine aquarium, he's collor went from nearly black till greenish again, and he looks a bit more lifely (he is swimming aroun d a bit)

I don't have nitrate or amonia test.
But the nitrite is zero

I''ve did a water change about 4 days ago, and change water every week. I've feed him 2 days ago and he eated brine shrimps

I've been shocked. Today I came home, and my red spot puffer was lying upside down, with his belly up. I immideately got him out of the tank in a quarentine aquarium, filled with water of my other aquarium. His aquarium has the following parameters: KH: 5 GH: 11 PH: 8 Nitrite: - Temp: 28 degrees He'...

I''ve tried your tips and it's working. I didn't feed him for two days, and after the two days he accepted the food. I've tried those (un)frozen shrimps and he just loves them. He eats two or three every two days, and he goes wild for them he don't wasted a thing. And luckely he still hasn't try the...

ok I will start feeding him every other day or every two days.
He doesn't seem ill or something and has periods he rushes through the whole aquarium.
But I always thought that puffers were big eters.

Thanks for the tips

He's about 2,5 "
Ã? try to feed him every day, but when he's not taking it I get it out of the aquarium the same day

My waterparameters are: Temperature is 28 degrees Nitrite is not measurable PH= 7.75 Unfortenately I do not have test for amonia and nitrate. The snails i'm trying to breed are the apple snail and the pond snail, they are located in a big aquarium with other smal fishes. Since the moment I've got my...

For about a few months I've been the owner of a Fang's puffer (Tetraodon cochinchinensis). I have the feeling he isn't eating very well. At the moment I feeding him cockels, mussels, and parts of seafruits. I've tried bloodlarves but he is just spitting them out. I'm trying to breed snails but at th...