The Puffer Forum

yes , the tank was cylced , i had CHICO for a month and a half and then he died , and CHE i got i him 2 weeks after CHICO ... so they been with me for little time... My monodactylus died in that same tank i think by parasites too , no one can tell me why he died , he started to have trouble breathin...

I dont have my water parameters right now , but hes tummy is flat , hes not eating anymore , i tried bloodworms , live artemy , small guppys , shrimp and snails , all in his tank but he wont take any...hes swimming slow , and its all thin :'( .... If its gill flukes or internal parasites what can i ...

maybe its gill flukes , kuz hes breathing heavely ...what can i give him????

My first puffer died some days ago ... now my other puffer "CHE" is acting weird... Just as my last puffer , he started to eat and "throw up" and with hiccups when i feed em bloodworms , then he stopped moving all around.. I found my last puffer on my Filter Tube stuck to it , an...

Today "CHICO" left us :'( .... He woke up stuck to the filter tube :'(

Im gonna get some readings later on my water to give em to you , maybe then i can know what happened to him and advice users with the same prob...

Hey guys , heres a newbie question :P , my puffer has been acting really weird lately , he "sleeps" a lot , he eats but his belly goes flat in a matter of minutes (bout 4) , and he swims and sometimes he does this thing like he has hippos (i dunno that word on english lol , but its when u ...

No fish has died , only my Mono...and i dont know why hehe thats why im asking if someone can identify the disease with the info i gave on my post

Since i bought my first F8 , i havent made my tank BW yet..(just at 1.001) so my F8 has been with 2 plattys , a plecos , a paradise fish (he got his fins bite :P but just a little) and 2 silver dollar :O ... Now im making my tank BW so i bought another F8 and a scat and had no problem with em (just ...

so ill just take out all of the water , chance the substrate, plant and place decorations , refill the tank (with purified water and all conditioners) , wait till the water is clear and get my fish in the tank again.... right????????? My tank will end up with: Equipment: AquaClear 300 Cascade Filter...

Cool , so tomorrow im gonna get some Coral Sand (a friend uses it for his marine tank so im guessing its not just the name) and im gonna empty my tank... How do you recommend me to do it? I mean , do i have to cycle the tank again.. im guessing both filters contain my "good bacteria" so.. ...

Yup did it...in fact my tank has been "stable" since bout a month , he was the only sick fish in it.. my other fish are doing great

Two new questions to the puffer gurus :P ... 1) can i use Coral Sand with my puffers and can i plant on them? 2) Does someone has the MARDEL 5-in-1 Test Kit Color Chart? Lol i lost it and i have no idea of what im looking at with my strips :P Thnxs :D (by the way, i took ur advise and returned my Sc...

Ive read a lot on puffers , but almost every article is bout GSP´s .. I would really love to know what level of SG should i use for my 2 F8´s .. And whats the lowest i can go , cuz i would love to keep my plants with my F8´s... Till now ive been using a salt called Biomaa , says on the bag "...

Cool thnxs for all the advise :D... i will return my scat to my LFS and trade it for some gobies if i can find some cuz here in mexico there´s not a lot to choose from... By the way.. My Monodactylus died not so long ago , he was ok in the tank , i had him for 15 days , but then one afternoon i saw...

What if i keep the scat just for a while ?? im gonna get a bigger tank (maybe 55G) in bout 6 months... Oh and i 4got to tell you that , my Water is already BW , has 1.005 of salt and my FW fish seem to be adapting very well.. So can my scat be there for just bout 5 months??? and im using FW salt .. ...