The Puffer Forum

Pufferpunk wrote: ↑Mon Feb 24, 2020 4:09 pm Absolutely, a complex environment will help with boredom of this intelligent, inquisitive pet.

Ah i see, is there any scape to take reference from?, or anything to avoid in particular? (Sharp sticks etc.)

Pufferpunk wrote: ↑Mon Feb 24, 2020 11:28 am Please don't! Your mbu has already shown to have aggressive/killer tendencies.

Also i was warned by a puffer group on fb that the killing could be because he/she was bored. Do i need to add plants and hardscapes, as my tank currently only has a sand bed, and an artificial cave

Pufferpunk wrote: ↑Mon Feb 24, 2020 11:28 am Please don't! Your mbu has already shown to have aggressive/killer tendencies.

What if they were from the same catch (same tank since young)?, from the lfs.

Pufferpunk wrote: ↑Sun Feb 23, 2020 12:02 pm He's a puffer!

Hi all, i am thinking of getting another juvenile mbu to accompany my current one. would it be recommended ? (the "older" fish fighting for territorial space), or should i just stick with one. Excluding the tank space (have a pond to keep it when they grow bigger).

Please do your best not to overfeed though. It can lead to fatty liver disease. Hi, recently, i change his food diet from 2 meals a day to 1 meal a day, and when i went back. I realized he has eaten a neon tetra, not eat it but just killed it. what could be the reason for his sudden aggression towa...

Pufferpunk wrote: ↑Thu Feb 20, 2020 11:20 pm Yes, possibly. Too full to move!

Ahhhh, so that was the issue!, thanks once again pufferpunk! Really appriciate your help and everyone else

Pufferpunk wrote: ↑Thu Feb 20, 2020 6:01 pmFoodbump

Oh, i see thank you for your advice. . May i also know if over feeding will cause the mbu puffer colour to change?, and be lying still on the sandbed?

https://imgur.com/gallery/rxRqrnb
Here he is the bottom right, you can see a small bump. Nowadays, he is also lying down on the substrate(sand) motionlessly. As compared to when he first came in (2-3weeks ago).
Tank mates are neon tetras
Food: tubifex and mini apple snails (+/-1cm)

No unfortunately it doesn’t, but his poop is black in colour and not really stringy. So i dont know what might be the cause, could be external parasites. But im really uncertain.

Pufferpunk wrote: ↑Sat Feb 15, 2020 10:07 am That's his "foodbelly".

that was what i thought, but looking closer, the seem to be irregularities, would post a picture but the forum keeps saying my file is too big

Pufferpunk wrote: ↑Fri Feb 14, 2020 9:57 am Soaked in garlic?

, soaking in garlic for about 2hrs. now have to do regular deworming as he seem to have an odd bulge at the side of the belly

Pufferpunk wrote: ↑Wed Feb 12, 2020 10:35 am Did you read the feeding articles I posted?

Yes i did, just tried getting him to eat small prawns, after cutting it up to bitesize

Them??? 500 liter? More like 1000 gallons (around 3500 liters)! Did you read those 3 articles I posted? Yup, as they get larger i have bigger tanks along the way. No worries mate 😉, just hope they can grow out currently keep only 1 as they only have the juveniles i am not really confident as mine h...

You could try some garlic-flavor. I used seachem garlic guard with mixed success depending on the food. My puffers never say no to live snails or earthworms, in case he won't accept frozen foods and gets too skinny. I assume you know how big these guys get? Yup, have done some research on them befo...

Hi everyone, i have recently gotten a juvenile mbu puffer (5cm), but it doesn’t seem to be eating prawns/clams even when i cut them up into tiny pieces (bitesize) and try to feed it using a tweezer. May i know how to get it to eat?, as i really do not want it to only rely on bloodworms, i have also ...