The Puffer Forum

I know pufferpunk, but I guess I thought maybe there was a chance even though all my previous research told me otherwise hehe.

We have decided to go Marine, and we want soooo badly a porcupine puffer, but we know we could probably only get a Canthigaster Bennetti or something similar as our tank is only 300L, which is fine until we upgrade. Now I know so many websites, books etc tell you different figures but this site of o...

LOL u REALLY didn't know what you got yourself into. Its too bad, that's a cool puffer!! Quick question, is he aggressive towards the other fish?

They are cool saffib! I saw those in an Australian marine fish book, it was a library book so I can't check for reference. I've never seen them in aquarium shops here in Australia...that's a very cool thing to find in a rock pool! Do you live in Brisbane or just on holiday? hehe sorry didn't see the...

"Have you tested the water? What kind of puffers?" Yes I tested the water, the usual readings: Ammonia 0, Nitrite 0, Nitrate 20, Ph 7.3ish. There hasn't been definite confirmation regarding the species of the puffer, but the same puffer on my avatar is the one that is now sick. Hmm Manutiu...

Hi all, I just returned on a 4 day holiday. I left on Friday 2.2.07 and feed my fish before I left. I returned on the 5.2.07 and feed them when I got back. I read that fish can survive a while without food so I thought it would be OK to leave them for only really 2 days without feeding (as I fed the...

LOL Bonnie, yes that's the one! They have awesome fish there! Yeah its a same he's stuck in that tiny tank, but I guess they don't have much of a choice...the Melb Aquarium would look after him I'm sure, but $24 to visit him each time is out of the question! :lol: Yeah I am really considering gettin...

I take that back I can identify him! Its the Arothron meleagris aka Guineafowl Puffer. Hmm once again it seems like a rare species....i didn't recognise him in the pufferpedia as the image had such a blue tinge lol

I was talking to a guy from another aquarium who keeps mostly marine fish, I simply went there to see the puffers they had there, they had a dog face puffer, and another puffer, I cannot identify. Apparently the unknown puffer is not found in Australian waters, however it somehow got there! So it wa...

OK so I found this LFS that I've driven past a few times but never went in as it looked dodgy as, I was nearby so i walked in, typical scenario, gold fish, but lo and behold I found a few small marine fish, and to my shock and utter horror found an adult puffer in the most algae infested tank with a...

He's a cutie! His fins will grow back right? That's what I read, as long as they are continually nipped on, and I'm sure you won't let that happen boxermom! :D My archer has those spotty things, I thought it was ich and immediately took him out into the quarantine tank, but after closer inspection I...

That's very cute! My mollies just had babies, 12 of them...but that is like sooo common, nothing compared with puffer babies lol.

Are you going to keep them all?

This is going to sound like a silly question, but do the puffers eat the shells of th snail and the cockles? I'm assuming "No" lol, but I have yet to find cockles or snails (as all the snails are too big for my lil puffers). Yeah we call them prawns here too (Australia), I just buy them fr...

He also sleeps in a cave with his two chromis tankmates. And Im talking, the three of them are crammed into this cave! He just lets them squish in after he goes to bed. I guess if the chromis are female then his name suits him...Don Juan! Ive been trying to get a good pic of this but my camera is h...

In the Marine Book I got it says 80 Gallons. They grow quite big so I reckon if you have an 80G tank u wouldn't have much room for anything else!