The Puffer Forum

I'm getting some sag grass so can put that in too.

I use kents ferts with flourish excel when I do weekly water changes. I need to get some jobe's plant spike for the sword.

Hey all, I redid the dwarf puffers tank. All I need more is some long plants. A friend is sending me some onion and vals soon which will go in the corners and back of tank.
Here is the tank. It is a 20g with 5 baby dwarf puffers in.

I took a filter from another tank and just put it on this one. That and the plants from the other tanks made it cycle really quickly. I had to do a couple wc's before the water cycled.

Thanks all. This tank was very quickly constructed. I was at petsmart when i saw them so bought them and put them up in a empty tank. I didn't have any gravel so just put plants from other tanks in pots so they would have more cover. I kinda liked the pots but will switch over. I have TONS of plants...

Hey all, Ok, I have 5 teeny tiny dwarf puffers in a 20g. How much should I be feeding? Today I dropped in 3 small snails. They aren't interested in thawed bloodworms. I don't want to over feed or under. Here is the tank then pics of some of the babies. http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e221/blbcooks...

Hey all, I have been here before but a while ago. I was in the brackish section with figure 8 puffers. Mine are still going strong and doing well. I was at petsmart today getting stuff for dogs/cats/snake when I saw they had in dwarf puffers. I have always wanted them so I got 5 for a 20g. I have th...

Ohhh very cute!!

I fasted them all weekend since they were well fed. I put in 8 snails this morning and thought there would be a feeding frenzy but was pleasantly surprised. They all found their own snail after a couple minutes and ate. I had put the snails all up and down the tank. Tomorrow I'm going to go down to ...

Congrats on your new addition!!
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They are in a 20L now but are upgrading very soon. I have electricans coming to give estimates on my fish room. Once I have the electric in I can move everyone and they are going into a 40g. There hasn't been any fin nips and seem to get along but I know that might not last long. Peregrine, I have b...

Thanks all. It seems that I am really overfeeding. When I say a handful I meant a handful, lol. It looks like they will have an off day tomorrow then I will start on the 1 snail per puffer. Your right about the aggression with food. That is how I started to overfeed. One of the puffers wasn't gettin...

I usually take a handful of rams from other tanks and feed them everyday with a fast once a week, usually sunday. I throw away snails I have so many, lol. How do you know how much to feed? With my other fish it is as much as they eat in a minutes. That seems to be hard to do with puffers. I have rea...

Thanks boxermom. I had just fed them, those are the ones you are seeing.

I think this is a wonderful thread. Thank you Peregrine for starting it. It was quoted earlier. To me, the figures given for minimum tank size are not aimed at experienced and fully capable hobbyists. Each such a person does know (or should if they deserve the label) what they can manage - even if t...

Here are pictures of my bigger guys. I have 4 of them and they are all around 2" and bigger. http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e221/blbcooks/IMG_0562.jpg http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e221/blbcooks/IMG_0563.jpg http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e221/blbcooks/IMG_0564.jpg http://i40.photobuc...