The Puffer Forum

Hi everyone, I purchased a Ceylon puffer Sunday, and as of today, it still is. It eating. I’ve offered it live feeder shrimp, krill and clams. It ate at the store before I got it, and these are the foods it was eating. It’s still very shy and still seems stressed. How long can a Ceylon go without ea...

It’s doing much better. It’s eating feeder shrimp and silversides well. Sorry for the short and late reply. We recently had a baby, and he’s keeping us busy, along with our 3 year old. I’ll attach a picture of the fish, can someone id it? It was hiding because I did a water change. It’s currently in...

I had a school of 30 tetras, a breeding pair of rams and a pleco in for two years. I think I did the fishless cycle if I remember correctly. I got suspicious and tested the ammonia, it spiked, somewhere between 1 and 2. So I did 50 percent water change, and used api ammonia lock. When I get home fro...

My new abei puffer came yesterday from divers den. Seemed fine yesterday, even ate a little, but today it seemed stressed. Resting at top of tank, breathing fast, no interest in food. Hope it will pull though

the other probably are. Mine is a very methodical eater, the clowns, and tang easily out compete when I have only one clam. They seeen to be very timid, atleast mine is