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by Lisa
Sat Jun 03, 2006 9:06 am
Forum: Brackish Tanks
Topic: Penguin Bio-Wheel Filters?
Replies: 13
Views: 3226

About 2 weeks ago the Bio-Wheel filter in my freshwater tank broke and I got new one, I don't know how new it is to the market as my old one was 3 years old, but this one has a cover over the the wheel that drops down so there is about a half inch gap between the wheel cover and where the water come...
by Lisa
Sun Sep 18, 2005 8:18 pm
Forum: Brackish Puffers
Topic: How big and old is your figure eight puffer?
Replies: 15
Views: 3376

I got our Figure 8 Jaws 2 months ago, and he's grown about 1/2 and inch, he's about 2 inches now. He used to love to swim back and forth and zip through the spaces between the glass and the heater and intake of the filter. Now he can only do it throught the filter intake. Poor guy is getting to big!...
by Lisa
Sun Sep 18, 2005 5:23 pm
Forum: Freshwater Puffers
Topic: good news!
Replies: 7
Views: 1210

Last week i found a 2.5 gallon tank at a garage sale for $2, thought it was perfect to breed snails in, went and got a filter for it and everything. I was so excited. I've seen what looks to be a few "snail orgies" but no eggs yet. A snail somehow got into my fry tank and with in a week I ...
by Lisa
Sun Aug 21, 2005 4:16 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What's your puffer's name?
Replies: 767
Views: 257144

My husband names our puffers, we have had quite a few that have all died within a week. Right now we have a Figure 8 that has survived for a month now and is the sweetest thing I have ever seen. Bill named him Jaws because he thinks he saw him yawn and he's apparently got teeth like a shark. The las...