The Puffer Forum

Do you know of a website with a list of the lurking puffers? I'm trying to find info online, but I haven't found much.

No problem! We have no interest in using starter fish, and we've already starting adding daily bio-starter (Seachem Stability) and dechlorinator (Seachem Prime). I've never heard of the lurking species! We would love one unique, larger dude having the whole place to himself, but which one would you ...

Hey, everybody! My fiance and I just set up our new 20 gallon tank (woo!) in hopes of preparing a good home for a freshwater puffer. We'll be doing live plants, and will have a 3in Bristlenose Pleco in there with him. We've had our hearts set on an Amazon puffer for a while. What's the experience le...

They don't tolerate salt for long but for medicinal purposes, it works well, to help them thicken their slime coat: https://www.thepufferforum.com/forum/library/water-filtration/thesaltoftheearth/ Thanks for the tip. I'll do more research on salt treatments. The owner of my LFS mentioned putting sa...

Thank you so much for you reply! I had no idea that the tank was too small! I asked the staff at two different stores and was told that the tank is fine, just to upgrade soon before they grow much larger (Peter was a juvenile and the pleco is less that 4 inches). So now its definitely a shock to hea...

Although my fiance has a few years of experience, I am a new fish owner and I recently lost my first fish. He was Peter, the dwarf puffer. This was a very sad experience, and I am determined to not let such mistakes happen with another fish again. I will return a fish before I watch one of my little...