The Puffer Forum

I did! It made the tank a little cloudy but it settled soon! This morning he was more black when I went to feed him but then he changed to almost white and has stayed that way. I did wake him up I notice when he is sleeping he is blacker probably for camouflage. Do you have any tips for what to feed...

I did a 30%-40% before I put him in a week ago. Yesterday I went out and bought some aragonite sand and an air stone. I added the aragonite sand on top of the gravel and installed the air stone. I left it for a few hours then checked the pH (he already started to look better) it was 7.1 so that’s a ...

Im sorry I forgot to mention about the pH of my tap water! Very very odd. I actually did this yesterday because I was curious! My tap water seems to run about 8.4 which is very odd because that’s very high. All my tanks have pH around 6.5 which is odd. I’m unsure what is bringing it down.

I did a fishless cycle where everything seemed normal. Should I add some bacteria? My substrate is gravel. I know weekly water changes are a thing. He has only been in the tank a week so I was planning on doing one today but unsure if I should begin to add saltwater due to his unwellness. He did eat...

Hello! New puffer friend here! I got my GSP a little over a week ago. He is small about 1 inch. The LFS had them in fresh water. I know he needs to be in brackish water but I wasn’t sure when to start doing this because I know juvenile GSPs live in freshwater. I have all the supplies to begin slowly...