The Puffer Forum

no i always thawed the food before adding, just added a little tank water to the food in a little dish and then drained it off before dropping it in.


i was assuming that the tank would be well on its way to being cycled already and adding some tough fish would finish the job?

As per my thread in the 'hospital' section, my two F8s passed away this week and after some further inspection of water properties and the purchase of some more hardy temporary fish to make sure the tank is cycled I'd like to get a purely freshwater puffer. The red eye puffer is one i like the look ...

really? I'll bare that in mind... Funnily enough i did notice it just after i dropped some blood worms in to try and save poor Dave (who passed away this evening aswell :() and thought maybe it was in the frozen bloodworm block somehow? Anyway i think I'm going to start again....I'm not convinced th...

I have an ammonia test liquid test kit, but no others. To clean the wood i soaked it in bleach and then painted it with white spirits... no seriously i just scrubbed it in a bucket of de-chlorinated tap water. Also i noticed a very thin, white worm around half an inch long swimming around in the tan...

Sorry i dont have the kit to test the water...

Bad news, the smaller of the two died today

The other doesnt quite seem himself, i did a 50% change today and gave the rock/wood a good clean. Hopefully he'll survive, i'm going to try and get hold of some more comprehensive testing stuff tomorrow.

Just to add:

I've had teh tank setup with the puffers in for around 5 weeks now so with stable 0 ammonia levels so from what can see it seems to have cycled by now.

One of my baby figure 8's has been hiding in the same spot under some bogwood for two days...only coming out briefly to feed! I did a 25% change today and he swam around for 30 mins or so then straight back to his spot, i did notice that the water temp had crept up a degree to around 27-27.5 deg C (...

Not really like anemone, imagine like half a dandelion seed with a stalk which they attatch with.... i think i've got rid of most of them, have done a few more water changes and made sure to scrub the side first o get them floating around, seems to have done the trick, weird though...they must have ...

Yeah the guy at the shop was trying to get me to buy some of the plastic film...but it just looks a little tacky to me?...i think i'll have a surf and see whats available and look at as many similar tanks as i can before i do anything at the back. As for the ammonia, after yesterdays water change th...

works now...

Thankyou all for your advice...i have a few more questions and i will also expand a little on what i first posted: With regards to the cycling , yes i did exactly that...just added 'cycle' for a week...don't think I'll be taking any more advice from the place down the road! Tested the ammonia again ...

Hard to describe, around a millimeter or so in diameter, look like tiny, tiny, clear parachutes...or maybe tiny jellyfish? There are loads of them swaying about stuck to the inside of my tank, i've brushed them off with the magnet but hey come back...p.diddy and dave dont seem to want to eat them......

Meet p.diddy and dave :] http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/traxr2.com/puffers/DSCI0221.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/traxr2.com/puffers/DSCI0124.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/traxr2.com/puffers/DSCI0123.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/traxr2.com/puffers/DSCI...

Hey guys This is my first post, I've just got into the world of puffers (well fish altogether actually!) Here is my story... I've always loved puffers and wanted to keep them for years, i finally got a tank, got bought a 90 liter Juwel tank for my birthday, got it up and running 3 weeks ago, bought ...