The Puffer Forum

I paid $4.50 each and I got 3. I think they are all girls, but they may be too young to tell. However, they are almost an inch long (eyeball measurement) so perhaps they are girls) I had to wait quite some time for the LFS to get my order in, but it was well worth the wait. All 3 had nice round bell...

Myaj: I have goldies too and I couldn't agree more. They just always seem to have problems! No matter how much love I give them or how well I take care of them they can get sick. And I take GOOD care of them. There are some tanks I can ignore, but NEVER the goldies. Their internal anatomy just won't...

RTR: I wasn't trying to say that puffer are disease prone, rather that they are susceptible to different disease than my cold-water fish and therefore in need of different meds. Perhaps, I mis-spoke. Myaj: I agree about not introducing fish that have not been QT to the tank as the key factor. A dose...

I have a medicine chest set up for some of my cold-water fish but I know puffer are more susceptible to other disease. I've done some searching of the forum and I know this question has been addressed before but there seems to be no clear consensus over what medicines are best to keep on hand. Befor...

It sounds like I'm gonna a great a little fish! I'm glad I can use any substrate I want. I figured I could b/c they didn't burrow but wanted to double-check. It sounds like it may be hit-or-miss on the gender but I will try my best to get all girls and if I don't hopefully things will still work out...

Is it true that DP need a sand substrate or they will get torn up? That makes it harder to plant in. I much prefer a small gravel, but if the DP need it I will get a dark sand.

Well, I would like to keep to a group so it looks like DP it will be. Thanks for the advise. Now I just need to get that 20 gal tank planted. I love ottos and the way they school and have plenty of experience with them so they will def. go in my tank. I think I will try 3 DP and 3 otto to start. And...

and I have questions. Of course I have research. I checked out pufferlist.com and dwarfpuffers.com as well as did some google searches. But I have questions I would love to have answered by people who actually own this fish. I'm not a newb to fish-keeping, I've been keeping goldfish for quite some t...