The Puffer Forum

My juvenile porc puffed twice on his own, I was told they sometime practice puffing when they are young.

I'm thinking of this for a tank. L=72" W=30" H=24 = 224 U.S.gallons Sand at the bottom with 100 pounds of live rock. And a big protein skimmer in a sump where I could supplement filtration with a big canister or even a wet/dry trickle filter if necessary. And I would like to setup somethin...

Yes I will get another porcupine puffer, but not before I have a nice home for him. I will be looking at this in the following months.

I am wondering with a puffer if a wider tank is better then a higher tank.

Any thought on this.

I am sad to tell you that Spike died last night, I feel so responsible for his death. I am angry at the LFS who gave me a lot of misinformation. I wish I could have use the right medicine at the start of the disease (I couldn't find cupramine in my small town). I have learned a lot while reading eve...

Spike is now medicated with Cupramine. I have not seen any change in him yet. He does not eat now. I think the next few days will be critical. He just need to hang in there I guess.

I find it hard to see him like this.

A few question: Since I could only find chelated copper sulfate locally, this is what in the tank now, and I will be getting SeaChem Cupramine tomorrow, how should I go about doing the switch to cupramine? Since I will be monitoring the level with a test kit, what is an acceptable level? When a fish...

Thanks Pufferpunk for the links, they were helpfull

Well, Spike has been in the QT for a little bit more then 24 hours now with chelated copper sulfate. Yesterday he didn't want to eat anything, today he eat a big krill and clean up the small left over pieces at the bottom of the tank. I think that his color are coming back. I am staying cautiously o...

I live in a small town, that his the only copper base medecine I could find. The big city is 50 minutes away, I could go after work tomorrow, but I am worry that if I wait to long to start medication I will loose him. They indication are to mix 1 teaspoon (5ml) to every 4 gallons of water. They say ...

Spike is breathing normally, but his color have faded somewhat.

Should I restore the salinity or still bring it down to 1.009?

What about raising the water temperature?

Should I used the recommended dosage of medecine?


Thank you for your help.

Yes i did found out I need a bigger tank and I am in the process of getting it. Today is the first day where Spike is not himself and thaty worries me alot. The things I find bizarre is why the wrasse is not showing any illness. Should I treat him too? Should I transfer him in the QT with the puffer...

I have 60 pounds of CaribSea OceanDirect sand in the tank. I have now setup a QT and will transfer the puffer into it when I get home after work( I will be leaving early because I want to transfer him as soon as possible). The salinity is lower in the QT then in the display tank. Display tank is 1.0...

This is why I am so made at the LFS, they gave me a bunch of information that I now find completly wrong.
I don't have live rock in it, cause they told me I did not need it, but after reading some stuff I realize I do need to get some.
And I do realize now that the tank is not fully cycled.

Here are the water parameters : Salinity - 1.021 Ammonia - no trace Nitirite - .25 ppm Nitrate - 10 ppm By the way the sea urchin was transfered in a tank with 2 clown fish and 2 damsel. Keeping a close eye on them also but no sign of anything yet. So I am setting up a tub of water with a slainity o...

Hi I need some help with my porcupine puffer, Spike, I noticed small dust particle over is body and is eyes are getting cloudy. The story is the following; 55 gallons tank with Spike and a lunar wrasse in it. First of all I had really bad advice from my LFS, they told me I could cycle my tank with a...