The Puffer Forum

Determining the sex of puffers by external anatomy is not possible. Puffers sex organs are internal. When puffers breed it is in shallow nests after new and full moons. Freshwater/brackish puffer males guard the eggs and fry. Eggs will usually hatch in 2-30 days. Reference: Animal Fact Files: Fish. ...

I have only used the water clarifier in my tank once so far, that was well over a month ago, and it worked wonders. I test my water before I do a water change so that I may determine how much water I believe needs changing. Yes, I did soak the bloodworms in water before giving them to Puff. Other th...

Hey guys. I've got some good news to lead to the bad news on Puff Puff. About 24 hrs. after I got him to munch on a treated piece of bloodworm he seemed completely healed. He was eatting again and was his usual bright green. A few days after his recovery I bought him some baby snails from Petsmart. ...

Thanks for the advice. I will try to get Puff to eat and get his water tested. Hopefully he will recover. I'll update on his progress in a couple days.

My test kit is brand new. It's a Quick Dip: Five Tests in One. I know the pH is off by about so I've been using a pH indicator solution by Aquarium Pharmaceuticals as well as an ammonia indicator solution by the same company for testing. Puff puff is not eating. I keep trying to give him Omega One f...

Hey guys, I am new to this forum as well as GSPs. I recently bought a juvenile GSP (1.5") at my LFS. My tank has been set up for roughly six months. It is a 45 gallon bow front with an air curtain, stealth heater, and a canister filter. The water quality is: ammonia-0, nitrite-0, nitrate-180 (O...