The Puffer Forum

isnt the main focus of any tank to mimic the critters natural surrounding as much as possible?
Do any of you know anyone/websites who have studied f8's in the wild?


my puffers are still in low end brackish....I'm just curious. Not going to dump them into the reef tank... promise.

OK here is a new one....so used to LFS selling F8's as freshwater. A new all SW store just opened up here I was very surprised to see several F8 in a full saltwater tank. I said something to one of the workers and was told that they can be acclimated to full salt after adult hood. :shock: I some wha...

What about a brackish algae eater...anyone heard of one?

OK got the two F8's set up and happy, except I keep getting lots of algae. Not a big deal with the walls but the two larger pieces of coral(no not live) are an issue to keep clean. anyway Algae in my past tanks I always kept a good stock of snails and algae eaters in my tanks...well that's not going...

Two Figure Eights

Sushi and
Sashimi

OK I finally did it. I got my figure eight puffers!! I've had tropical fish for years, then I went to cichlids which were fun, but cichlids GROW so quickly and because of aggression its recommended to over populate the tank. (really it is) So after a year or two you got to do one or two things get r...