The Puffer Forum

i can breath a huge sigh of relief, i had to bob her on the nose a few time to get her to bite but when she did, WOW.....

4 cockles gone, 3 of then straight thru the shell

a full belly and a happy fish.....and happier owner

2 weeks tomorrow, but shes eating now

yeah, i've read it and it is a very good article. i;ve trained fish fron live food before with quite some success, but with this one i know she has already been taking dead food with gusto. i think it must still be a case of finding her feet(fins), as her new tank is very different from her old one!...

hi guys, my new nile puffer is being a little picky, she seems to have settled in well, has found a nice little spot under an arch where she has made a puffer shaped groove where she lays and flicks sand onto her head (and looks at you as if to say i'm invisible now) she has nice colour and when she...

i've got a 6x2.5x2 waiting as and when needed, i'm just hoping that now she can strech her fins, i can get her to full size she i venturing out more, but her old tank was very bare, and now she has lotd of wood and plants to keep her occupied, i guess it going to take some getting used to....that an...

s/he is about 7"

still a little shy in its new home tho', i'll get some better pics as soon as i can

hi folks, fisrst off, hello, i'm new on here but not new to keeping puffers yesterday i went to collect my new nile puffer, found on ebay off all places. I had to do a 160mile round trip but s/he is worth it. she had been very well cared for but was getting too large for their tank, her name is sush...

they are definitely naritus, at least as far as i can tell, they are definitely on the bronze end of the colour scale, but do have a green tint, I'll get some pics and post them asap, they are in a very well planted rio 180 at the moment but as and when they need to , i can move them into a 4x2x2, i...

hi, guys I'm new on here and i just need to ask you puffer experts a question, I've been on the lookout for some puffers and I've just picked up two Bronze puffers, Tetrodon Naritus. I was a bit unsure as to the temperament of this one so i took a chance and got two, however, the smaller of the two ...