The Puffer Forum

Lurkers are much harder to catch in their "moments of cuteness" but their funny shapes can help them... So I guess it's not hard to see them being POTM worthy, but MUCH harder to catch it on film, since they spend so much time being little digestive mounds. I agree. We have a baby congo w...

I would say they are both irrubescos. I had both of them, one male and one female. The male one died awhile back from IPs. The breeding colours look similar to what I saw on my male puffer back then. The red line on the belly is the same. You can check out my puffers photos in pufferpedia. The red l...

Flubernol? i doubt that's available over here... any alternatives? I do have a few danios in the tank still, though 2 have since died. Wonder if they're down with parasite too. How long do I have to treat the tank for? I've had my puffer for coming to two years in that tank... without parasites. I'v...

The puffer just died.. about 10 minutes ago. It puffed several times and thrashed wildly before dying. It is a horrible feeling to know your fish is dying, but not knowing what to do. I had already dosed the recovery tank with salt and a tapeworm medication. The puffer has been with me for two years...

Yeah. I just did cos I realised it's not constipation anymore but worms. anyway, my puffer just died about 10 minutes ago..... thanks everyone who tried to help. Feeling awful now.

I have an irrubesco. A few days ago he became lethargic hardly moving and breathes heavily. We thought it might be constipation. But today, I saw it in VERY bad shape, almost flipped over, and on closer examination, I saw very thin whitish long worms crawling over it's body. About a month ago, I not...

I suspect I may have a female irrubesco that's carrying eggs. at first she got fatter, but even after there was no more shrimps in the tank, her tummy persisted. I would think it has been about a week now. The bulge is slightly different from the eating bulge. It's towards the back, and it's rounded...

Mine lives with otos in peace. It's a gentleman (or a coward). Larger ghost shrimps scare it. Slower shrimp like malayans are gone in a jiffy though. So I'd imagine cherries to be a real tasty treat.

My irrubesco used to like peas. About once a week as a treat. He kinda stopped eating them now though. Stares at them and rolls his beady eyes at me.

Lol, thanks for all the puffer praise. I always thought he was only cute in my eyes. But yes, he's totally adorable with a extreme puffer personality. The last wife he killed was a little too small for him. Maybe that's why. I don't even think I can find a female, so if I can find a suitable one, th...

Wow! Ok, that's news. Thanks! So I'm supposed to find him a wife now? He killed his last wife... maybe he was not ready then. Anyway, here are the pictures of his red line... http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b179/conspirito/Wasabi/wasabi3.jpg http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b179/conspirito/Wasabi...

Yes... somewhat.

Hey all, I've had my irrubesco for about a year now, and sometimes I notice this small red line at the middle, centre of his tummy. It's usually rather small about 0.5 cm so I never thought much of it. Lately however, the red line has extended to almost spanning the entire length of his otherwise ve...

I wouldn't do it either. Both dwarfs and red-eyes can be pretty nippy. As for difference between agression level between male and female red eyes, well, my male bit the female to death. Though I'm not sure if it's just MY male. But in general, I believe male red eyes are more violent?

Yeah frozen bloodworms work as well. I feed my red eye that. Snails, I usually have to crush them. Try killing the ghost shrimp for her. It'd probably work too.