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Thanks Pufferpunk... great articles!

I’ve heard conflicting reports on sexing them. Some say if you get them as juveniles they can “choose their sex,” and when one starts to develop into a male they secrete a hormone that causes the rest of the DP’s to stay female. Not sure how accurate this is. I do know about the eye wrinkles and oth...

Thanks everyone for the helpful replies! It sounds like it would be a pretty big challenge to attempt that in such a small tank so I think I’ll actually go with several dwarf puffers and a small group of ottos instead and hope for the best. I think I’d feel better understocking my tank than overstoc...

My LFS said (and I’ve read) that DP’s will suck the snail right out of its shell, and won’t bother with trying to crush the shell unlike its larger counterparts, so MTS are fine for them. I read that some people have had luck feeding the MTS some cucumber or algae wafers during the day to entice the...

Hi everyone, I’m new to the forum and first off wanted to thank everyone for sharing their puffer experiences... I’ve been researching puffers for a while and this site has been a great resource. On to my question. I am considering getting a Tetraodon Schotedeni and was hoping for some advice/feedba...