The Puffer Forum

Thanks everyone for all your condolences... it means a lot, and it was hard trying to explain how I felt to people who'd never owned puffers. :| Spoot, I didn't only feed him krill and bloodworms, got him a few live ghost shrimp from time to time since he loved hunting them down, and his favorite wa...

Maybe... maybe not... he had a thing against chewing though, loved trying to eat things whole (the krill I'd feed him was basically swallowed up, not chewed). Either way he was completely fine until the snail was fed (which was the first and only one I had ever fed him) so that's why I have a feelin...

my puffer passed away last night despite how hard i tried to help him with medications and water changes. my local fish store guy told me he may have cut up his insides with a snail i fed him before he started to act strange. he recommended i try maracyn-two. i did but i think my puffer was already ...

So last night was a really sad night for me as my Abei puffer (Bowie) passed away. :( After trying the Epsom salt you all recommended I then tried to medicate for parasites but he still wasn't able or willing to eat. After a water change (one of many I did in order to not over-medicate after I saw t...

nitrite 0, nitrate 5.0, amonia 0, water temp.80 degrees, and tank has been up and running for awhile now even before i got my puffer. ive had him since november 3rd and the last tank cleaning was last week. he is about 1.5 inches and lives in a 10 gal. tank. i was thinking of buying him a 20 gal. ta...

my abei puffer has been acting strange lately. usually, he will greet me excitedly by fluttering up and down in front of me but now he just hovers in the corner by the bubbles all day. i checked the nitrate, amonia, and nitrites and everything is at normal levels. im thinking he may be constipated. ...