The Puffer Forum

Just wanted to update. My puffer is doing great solo in his brackish tank. Moved all of my other guys and gals to their new home in another tank. Both eyes have cleared up on and he has a good appetite. However, I noticed two white specks on the tail fin and it looks just like ick and one on his sid...

I cannot thank you enough and I’m so glad I found this forum otherwise I never would have known.

Sorry for the bombardment of posts but it just occurred to me that I could convert my existing aquarium into a brackish one and re-home my other fish in a smaller tank. Thoughts on this? Any tips on converting? Do these fish do well with others of their species? If so, I’m definitely going to go buy...

Thank you again for the response. I’m absolutely LIVID AS I TYPE THIS. I am utterly appalled that the store I purchased him from is selling these as freshwater amazon puffers!!! I don’t even know what to do. I do not have another tank at the moment and I certainly do not want to take it back to the ...

Thank you for your response. Here is a photo, you can see it on the eye and top edge of the fin.

Hello, I have a newish Amazon puffer. I’ve had him for about a week. He’s about 3 inches long so I assume he’s fully grown. He’s in a 60 gallon community tank. Water parameters: Ammonia 0 Nitrites 0 Nitrates 40-80 (out of the tap) PH 8.0 (sometimes it reaches 8.2 but never higher) I have a planted t...