The Puffer Forum

My puffer got his color back and ate a small peice of bloodworm last night but by the time i woke up today he was dead =( ..I emptyed the tank and made sure absolutly all the salt was off of everything in it (last time i didnt rinse the gravel or decorations cuz i didnt want what good bacteria was t...

Just to give an update my puffer is still alive and he deffinatly has his color back but hes still not eating or moving too much yet. And that makes no sense then if shippers prefer to ship when its cold cuz im michigan too but both fish stores in my area told me thered be few puffers until spring c...

I do have some experience w/ fish but not puffers. I wanted to get one cuz i thought hed be a good fish to take to college w/ me in the fall since itd be littttle difficult to take my 29 gal to my dorm. I only have a 29 gal n a 5 gal right now hopefully more/bigger soon im a bit of a geek when it co...

I hope hes just in shock and recovers =( i dont want my stupid beginner mistake to cost a poor fish his life. And if he does die itll be a while before i can get a new puffer as hes the last one left in the area until it warms up in the spring cuz its apparently too cold to ship them up here =/ Mayb...

I bought a Dwarf Puffer earlier this week. He was very healthy looking when i bought him and i was told by the pet store that he was brackish and needed salt in his tank. I set his tank up ahead of time before i bought him and cycled it. When i put him into the tank he became very pale and went from...