The Puffer Forum

Hello, I have a 45g tank that has nothing but rams horn/pond snails and Endlers/guppies multiplying like crazy. So my wife asked about adding a puffer and letting him do some crowd control. Ha. I am thinking one of lurkers but I read they don’t do much of anything ever. The others like a fahaka get ...

He is really coming around will try to eat anything. When young are they very active? Mine never stops moving it seems.

I got the Tetra Parasite clear tabs. LFS said they were same as the Jungle tabs. Is that correct?

Pufferpunk wrote:I'd soak the snails. Most of us are using the Jungle Parasite Clear fizzy tabs.

I looked for that at wally world and could not find it. I will check some LFS tomorrow. Will try the small snails and see what he does.

Picked up fahaka that is very skinny, looks like just a head. :shock: I am going to pick ip some IP meds. Prazi pro or should I go for something else? Also, I tossed a piece of frozen krill in and he has no interest in that. Would bloodworms work as medicated food? If I can get him to eat them. He i...

RTR wrote:If I had known what keeping a mature >2 foot fish involved, I would have never gotten the baby T. mbu.

Thanks for the info. They are awesome fish and I was thinking about getting one. But after reading on this site and others that is a no go.

Late reply, sorry, technical issues. My T. mbu lived a bit over 12 years in my care, was just over 27" TL, and died from jumping out of the tank. It was not "old" acting. It was almost certainly fully mature, but had no symptoms of being old. Thanks for the reply. Mature is more what...

Has anyone on PF ever kept an MBU that was considered full grown? I guess 2ft of more. If so, how old is/was the puff?

thenewpufferintown wrote:mine are, pond snails and ramshorn. they dont seem to pay too much attention to them. they are mostly fed vegetables

How big do they get? I am thinking of using them as feeders.

well i wouldn't say a "deal" but not awful, spent 37usd shipped from dealmed dot com. I dosed my tank, puffer is acting totally normal, i will do a dose everyday and report if i have any issues. input still welcomed and appreciated if anybody has any experiences with metricide 14 in a puf...

thenewpufferintown wrote:I have too many, and would like to sell off my current offspring to raise funds. any one in the area want any or know of a place to sell them?

Can these be house with snails?

Indeed wrote:yes, its also to help with algae but that is simply a desired side effect. I would dose excel but 120g can get expensive to dose fast. Just seems a waste if i have 216w t5-ho and am not using some sort of c02 supplementation.

Have you found a good deal on some?

hondatek wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e87hMcbjrMg

Hope I posted this right.

He is very small. No substrate?

I keep my snail tank at 78 and feed old fish food or some greens. The breed like snails,

scpion wrote:Redeye red tail puffer, activity level quite similar to dp. Avocado puffer, = or < than SAPs.

Dont think I have ever seen a Avocado puffer. I will have to check them out. Thanks for the info.