The Puffer Forum

To bad the people at the pet stores don't give you the right information when you make a purchase. One is in a 75 gallon and one is in a 55 gallon. You learn when you get older not to make impulse buys and research what you are buying. But when they are an inch and the guy tells you all you will eve...

Thank you for your help on the matter. I can't afford to get another filter, can I manage the bio ball nitrate with chemicals or will it hurt the fish.

I purchased 2 fahaka puffer fish 5 years ago. They were about an inch long. Since then one of them is huge, rotund(8") and ferocious, and the other is long and slender(4")and quite docile. I can put other fish in with it and he doesn't care. I have heard that if they are in a small tank wh...

Thats good news that fahakas like freshwater instead of brackish. How would I change a 75 gallon saltwater tank into freshwater. What would be the best kind of gravel or sand to use? Could I use the wet/dry filter, and would all of the salt eventually come out of the bio balls? Thank you for your qu...

Well thats good news considering hes been in one since I have had him. What about changing the 75 tank over to freshwater. Would I have to get rid of all of the sand and what about the wet/dry filter w bio balls. Is it possible to get all of that salt out? Thank you for the quick reply!

I have a 75 gallon tank that was previously used for saltwater fish. I have gotten rid of them and have a 8" fahaka pufferfish in a 55 freshwater tank. I have had him for 5 years now, not knowing until recently(retarded I know) that he needs brackish water. I was wondering if I could use the sa...