The Puffer Forum

Yeah, he's not too hairy, but a decent amount of it. And one of his pectoral fin was chewed off before I got him. I hope it's growing out NOW. LOL I didn't feed him too big a meal. Just a small piece of prawn meat, the same size as yesterday, which shouldn't have caused that bulge. He doesn't seem t...

Hi peeps, I just got a new baileyi for just $40 (approx 32USD) in Singapore. That's the good news. The bad? His belly looks like there is some air in it! I'm not very sure cos I've never had a puffer filled with air. In fact, the baileyi looks only semi-filled with air. I've seen him puffed up once ...

I went back to the LFS and it seems that they have both colours in the same box. I've emailed Jungle but they have not replied to me. I can't call them since I'm in another part of the world. I'm treating 2 tanks right now. The fishes in the 2 tank originally came from the same tank, with a divider....

Hi, I'm a little confused with the instructions on the bottle. Instructions exactly as printed on the bottle: Begin with a 25% water change, then USE 1 TEASPOON (5g) FOR EACH 5 U.S. GALLONS (20L) EVERY OTHER DAY UP TO 3 TREATMENTS, if necessary. Remove carbon from filter during use. Clean measuring ...

Thanks for the kind compliments. I'm sure she'd be happy if she knows how cute she is! She's also changing her color now and then. She has different colors when she's sleeping, eating, swimming around, etc. So I guess she's a little different from my previous brown congo puffer. It's pretty hard to ...

Thank you Pufferpunk! He has more than an inch to roll around in. :D As mentioned earlier, here's a picture of him during acclimatization. You can just compare her size to a cotton bud! He was of a pretty orange coloration too! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v213/bsplenden/attachments/DSC00290.jp...

I took the water from my snakehead tank. The sponges for the sponge filters are also from the same tank. I've plans to proceed to setting up an OHF when it gets slightly bigger. I don't want the water to be too turbulent while the congo is still a baby. So basically it is a last minute set-up. It's ...

In a 1:1 ratio?

What about using complete white sand? Will the color become washed out?

Is there a need for decorations?

Thanks! That's really quick!

I just bought a tiny Congo. It is about 1" including the tail. Really tiny, really cute. The thing is, when I bought it at the store, it was orange. I bought it without having prepared a tank for it, so when I reached home, it ended up in a black and bare bottom tank. The congo turned a dark br...

Hi Puffanatics, I need an ID of this puffer. I'm been ploughing the PufferPedia, but seems like it doesn't look like anything in there. I've placed the puffer in freshwater. The store owner told me this is a freshwater puffer, but she doesn't know what species it is either. Currently in a Q-tank. He...

But mine comes out and beg for food all the time... Could it be that it is still young? I've got a couple hiding spots for it. Some DW with java moss tied to it. It does go there at night. But it swims around when the tank light is switched on (for most parts of the day). And it starts hanging aroun...

Thats one psycho baileyi! I'm lucky if I see mine move apart from breathing after 10am. Seems to beg until then, and after that goes under his plants and sleeps. Maybe its that his tank is fairly bare? Yeah... I've to agree that his tank is really bare. I'm not doing a planted tank cos they live in...

Yeah... I added the blue background just a few days back. And added the red substrate too. I can see a faint reflection on the blue background.

But it doesn't puff when it's feeding day.

But it seems to be getting better today. It only "flared" at its reflection and did not puff up.

And after some time, I've got a new problem. I don't know if this is a problem at all... But this puffer is real grumpy... It attacks anything and everything. Can be my finger, its reflection, the turtle in another tank, etc. And sometimes when it gets real angry, it puffs up. http://www.youtube.com...

I'm using Sera fishtamin.