The Puffer Forum

"To Treat... or NOT to Treat" a newly purchased Puffer... that is the Question?! :razz: Just curious what ones do when they purchase new puffers... Do you take a "wait and see" approach, or take precautionary steps and add a cocktail of treatments (fungal, Bacteria, parasitic med...

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Good information for sure!

IMG_2394.jpeg IMG_2394.jpeg IMG_2396.jpeg That is good to know, I need to brush up on my water chemistry. I could get very nerdy over that topic! Haha His shipping bag levels were all wonky… But, with 8-9 hours of drip acclimating… he seems to be doing well in his QT tank… he must have had the munc...

Thanks again for your suggestions @pufferpunk
Hopefully this little guy will adjust well. Taking our time drip acclimating… is it normal for him to be in such a low pH though? that was what he was shipped in…

So with the F8 or green spotted puffers, I wouldn’t need to add salt to my water? I always thought they should be converted. 🤔 They were second on my list from Saps but are even harder to find at least where I live. Years ago I would see them sold everywhere! So the South American puffers wouldn’t w...

I have been doing some research into different species of puffer fish and I wanted to inquire with others that own the SAPs,GSP or F8s before I actually special order a puffer from a dealer…. I prefer a freshwater puffer community fish since I wanted to get some other types of compatible fish (somek...