The Puffer Forum

There shouldn't be any copper in there...I haven't added anything...the darkening on his belly has faded now and is mostly gone now...I will probably see about taking him in and trading him today...Its sad to swap him around like that...but at least he will have a nice big tank...

I did find a lfs that knows puffers...yay!! and they said they would trade my gsp for a dwarf puffer...Might do that...

Oops....I forgot a question...I was reading that if the puffer's belly is concave...it has parasites?? This guy's belly isn't concave but it fades from white to grey/black...is that bad?? Arg! So much to learn....

The tank is cycled...i was using it as a QT tank....I haven't found a lfs that knows anything about puffers...I've asked a couple...I will continue asking around....in the meantime...i will watch the water parameters carefully....weird question....i have a 50 gallon rubbermaid tub....the big thick b...

A friend of mine has a 10 gal tropical tank with black skirt and neon tetras. Last week, she calls and tells me she just got a puffer from wal mart. I explained that she needed to return it...they get really big...eat worms..need salt...and will eat her fish. That is the extent of my knowledge...Yes...