The Puffer Forum

Do you have water test kits? I'd keep a close eye on the parameters as I'm not sure the cycle and flake food will cycle a tank in a couple of weeks, even with the old filter media. I might be wrong! I'm not an expert! Just keep a close eye on it though for ammonia and nitrite spikes. So tell us abou...

You could ask your LFS to order some specially or call you as soon as they have some more in. I shopped around and couldn't find any so I chose the most knowlegable store to order me some. I used the waiting time to make sure the tank was fully cycled and mess around with the layout etc. If they had...

My LFS had some DPs in when I went to pick up my F8s. The tank had the tiniest little fry in I've ever seen! Everytime I've been since there's been more tiny little ones. They obviously have some horny little fish

Ohh interesting! In my head it was em-be-yoo. Just the letters!

Umboo is nicer!

fish lover, it won't take much doing to change your fish to BW....it won't need other equipment like a marine tank. Just start adding some marine salt to the water you use for water changes. There are other threads on here about the amount to use for the desired salinity etc. It won't cost much beca...

As for the growing question. I've had mine 1.5 months and my smallest was a little over 1/2 an inch. They haven't grown a great deal yet, I was wondering the same!

I wonder what age they are when they reach full size!

Any pics of your babies?

Oh you're right! It does look very like that! Do you think she'll be o.k in there until I can get the new tank cycled? It took just over 2 weeks to do my last fishless cycle. I thought out of the two, Ting would be more likely to be the biter. Xiang is a scaredy cat and backs off quick if Ting shows...

I will keep a very close eye on them in that case!

I have a friend moving city in a few days who is donating her 30g tank to me so if this continues I can always rehome one of them.

I'm sure I wasn't this worried when I had human babies!

Thanks Myaj, I'm not sure if I agree though. Like I said, the marks are a perfect circle. Looks like an under the "skin" vein. I will keep my eyes open for aggression but I watch them a lot and even when they swim close together and show interest, they never nip or bite. I hope I don't sou...

That makes sense!! Thanks Thats probably the case

Ya know...I may just make my ambition of being a national geographic photographer yet lol! ;) Here is my teeny tiny puffer with one of the rings showing. It looks thicker than it actually is, probably because she looks a hundred times bigger to! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v259/helzhelz/tingri...

I did a water change yesterday and checked the water before, and a couple of hours later. Amm, 0, Nitrite, 0, Nitrate, 5. I can't remember the PH but it was fine. No change in decor, just a water change. She's feeding well and looks a lot healthier than last week when I was worried about her growth....

I did a water change yesterday and as always used my refractometer to check the salinity of the water i was making. My refractometer instructions said to wait 30 seconds before reading to make sure the temperature balance was correct. Just by chance yesterday I'd left the water on the prism for a fe...

I didn't know whether to put this in the hospital forum or not because I'm not sure if this means my puffer is sick? It can be moved if so! Anyway, I previously posted about my smaller F8 Ting. I was worried about her being skinnier and not gaining so much size as my other one. Last week I decided t...

I'm glad you are getting the right help for your poor fishies! I was wondering? Did you ever call the fish shop back and give them a piece of your mind? Arm yourself with as much new information on GSPs and F8s as you can and then please please educate these stupid people! I'd also reccomend just re...