The Puffer Forum

Im thinking of getting a cross river puffer, but ive wondered about the temperment of these guys. ive been able to keep fahakas with other fish, but would the cross river be more aggressive or less. its gonna be around 650$ for those intrested.

unfortunately it was impossible to get him to eat and i tried pretty much every food. is ips a possibility? or was it just stress.

unfortunately it was impossible to get him to eat and i tried pretty much every food. is ips a possibility? or was it just stress.

im gonna be leaving for a tournament on friday, so im dropping him off at a lfs for the weekend that has more stuff to help, hopefully he gets better. last question, how do i remove poop from the earthworms? thanks for all the help.

he is about 6-6.5 inches.
ammonia-0
nitrite-0
nitrate-10
ph-7.6
temp-76-77
thanks so much for helping.
i attached an image showing the pale areas on him and a pic of his stomach to show how skinny he is.(hard to get a good angle)

update: day 4 of the puffer having what i think is ich. ive done the water changes and medicine mentioned above, but he has been going without food for 3 1/2 days and only swims a little bit, but he often drifts into things. certain patches of his skin are discolored and lighter than the rest. i hav...

hey i was wondering if there are some freshwater puffers that are semi community that i havent heard of. ive kept amazons, red eyes, fahakas and peas and spotted congos, and i know that the mbu and crossriver puffers exist but is there any other community freshwater puffers out there? Also, i saw a ...

ok sounds good thanks so much. ive been using pimafix and melafix as well at the same time, is that ok?

I recently had a fahaka puffer start acting a little wierd and swimming with his mouth open more, like he wanted air. the next day i notices he had white spots on him that looked like little cysts. i caught him rubbing againt some wood so im assuming its ich. ill attach a photo so you guys can see. ...