The Puffer Forum

Well yesterday was a bad day for my little puff. I figured he was on a downward slope so I just let him finish out his time here.He past away late last night and I promptly buried him. Such a sad story I guess I just have to be more careful with the construction of my rock work.

hello everyone I woke up today and found my baby narrow lined puffer badly hurt! His skin has been torn off from the back of his tail up to his nostrils on the top half of his body. I mean completely riped off like where you can see his muscle tissue! It is such a horrible site to see him this way. ...

Well no I did not quarantine my new puff. In the tank I have a very small baby Huma trigger and a yellow tail damsel along with my Narrow Lined puffer. The tank has had Ick before but I went fallow for 9 weeks to kill off the Ick,I guess not all of it died. And yes I have learned my lesson about put...

Hi everyone I'm kinda new to this site and new to keeping puffers for that matter. I have a very small Narrow lined puffer about 1 1/2'' I got him about 4 days ago from my LFS. He is eating fine and his behavior seems to be normal. He is very curious of his surroundings and loves to eat. I feed him ...

Water parameters are fine all zero P.H 8.3. My tank is a fish only with live rock so I don't see why the amount of rock is relevant if I had no rock would it matter? My puffer had white spots all over his body and fins most likely not an internal parasite.The tank I had him in was too small and I wa...

:cry: well my dog face puffer died today. He most likely died of an internal parasite or SW ick. I was wondering what my next steps should be about taking care of my tank. Right now I have a yellow tail Damsel and a Huma... Trigger (baby) in there with about 25 pounds of live rock. I don't plan on p...

not any shelled food or any sponges in tank. Now he has some tiny black spots on skin and tiny white dots on fins. He is eating mostly Krill,Mussels,and algae pieces. I don't know what it could be need some help I don't want him to be unhealthy! Tank parameters:Nitrate.15 Nitrite.0 P.H 8.1 and 25% w...

Hi everyone Mike here I'm new to this site so I'll try to keep this short. My Dog face puffer has a large protruding belly close to his anal fin. It has been like this for about one day and I am getting a little worried that it might be something of concern. he seems healthy and vibrant so I have no...