The Puffer Forum

Hi Pufferpunk, flamesofifreet and Manutuis for all your replies.. really helped me understand better what happened and how the puffers might have died. I will look into the library for cycling of water and your comments for the puffers. Guess I will do some preparation work before getting the next p...

So it's the tank... it's too small amount of water for them? So should I use pure freshwater? or still add a little salt? And the food, got to get bloodworms, snails etc instead of flakes? So if I got 2 puffers, water can be around 8 gallon? or less or more? About precycle of water, is my method ok?...

hey, thanks for reply. The tank is quite small, think about 3 litres, that would be about 0.79 gallon. I bought it from a fish shop and the guy told us to put a little salt into the water, and I did, a small amount. I fed them with flakes. Before getting the puffers, I setup the tank with a little s...

Just to add to the above. I also had 2 slightly bigger fishes with them before the puffers died. Will the big fish affect them also?

Hi, I had recently bought 2 dwarf puffers and setup a tank. It's a bowl shape kind of tank. After 2 weeks, the 2 puffers died 1 after another. What went wrong? Can any expert help. Is it cos of food? or water? My tank contains a filter, pebbles, seashells. I put some salt into the water. I feed them...