The Puffer Forum

I see, mine must have not totally developed his killer instincts!

I am wondering those of you whose puffer ate the shrimps in moments, are they adults?

LOL, thanks for all the nice replies. It appears to me that the puffer is so much more interesting now. In fact 2 of the shrimps are still alive in my tank. I am too very surprised, I thought the puffer will hunt them down at an instant after watching those youtube puffer videos :D I also agree mike...

I was trying to feed my juvenile GSP some live krill. So far he only managed to catch one. The krills seem to be simply too fast at evading the attacks. And when cornered, they will jump out of the water, and stick to the side of the glass(tank wall) above water level. I have seen on few occasions t...

Thanks guys, this is great. At least I know that my puffer is not sick or something. I will see what I can do to bring the tank to a optimum condition asap. You all have been of great help.

Hi Rocker, I dont know but the puffer is really small, and the current tank looks really big for it. It certainly looks like a penny in a hall. Something like this... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |0 | | | | | | | -----------------------------...

Sorry, the tank is completely empty, other than a simple sponge filter. The kind where you plug the air pump into it. It is what the aquarium where I bought it from uses. I have added aquarium salt into the water...I dont have any other equipment to test the ph etc...

The size of the puffer is a juvenile, size of the head of your thumb. The size of my tank is 2 feet. I have just used some online tank volume calculator, and it says 14 gallon(US I think).

Alright thanks alot for the info. I have a problem, well I am not sure if it is a problem. My puffer has been these few days, swimming against the walls of the tank like crazy. Its swimming up and down, side to side, in really fast speeds against the wall. It looks irritated/agitated or something. T...

Thanks for your replies. I am currently feeding frozen blood worms, but am thinking of an alternative. I am thinking of breeding my own snails after reading the article. I am really dumb and new at this. Will any snails do?

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I am wondering will GSP eat any dry/staple food? If so, which one will they eat? Thanks.