The Puffer Forum

While most Mappas I have seen and maintain for that matter, are some shade of tan - dark to light, with black lines, I do have a Mappa that is jet black with the rypical "Mappa lines" but his are white - its like he is the opposite of the norm. When I received the black one, I was told he ...

I maintain several large puffers in a large tank and rarely see aggression - as you mentioned - during feeding time - they get a little "territorial" which I solved this similiar to you and put lots of food in there, mussels etc and usually they find their own and leave each other alone......

Forever I have typically used Coppersafe on new arrivals to rid them of ich and even works sometimes on brooklynella on my clowns. As for puffers, I have always read that quite obviously due to puffers lacking scales that copper treatment could hurt them. Well needless to say, I have used Coppersafe...

For those of you who may be close to or in OKC, OK, I have posted (3) puffers for sale in the classifieds - (2) Gorgeous Mappas an (1) HUGE Hispidus...I am looking to make room for some rare clowns I have finally found and as we all know, eventually every puffer keeper has to upgrade (which I've don...

Ok now that necropsy and autopsy are clarified any other ideas on what may have caused this sudden death? I have been researching and coming up empty - matter of fact I haven't found any other article or post talking about this....

Thanks and I appreciate the referral - I'll do that and lets hope we can all learn...Since his death (I was able to determine he was in fact a "he" through the necropsy), I found no evidence of obvious bacterial infection, parasitic worms or other parasites both internal and external. My g...

Mappas are by far my favorite - I currently have (4), two with the usual tannish bodies and black markings, one gorgeous golden Mappa that looks even more golden than the one in the link and then (what I think) is one of the most rare Mappas I have seen. He is completely black with white markings - ...

As I have mentioned here before, I maintain many different tanks with just about every species in the Arothron Genus. Just recently, I lost one of my puffers to something that is very strange to me but I am hoping some of you all may be able to help! My largest Arothron Stellatus (about 16") - ...

Oh those kinds of things make me sick...just because its not furry and lovable - its a LIVING creature. I have (literallly) spent nights awake watching my puffers that were sick for some reason or another and treated them until they were back to normal - its been a long time since I had to do that (...

On the Valentini - the Aquapod will be fine but may nip at corals...mine have in the past - not to say for sure - there is never a guaraentee... As far as the Burrfish vs. Porcupine, IMO, the Porcupine would be fine in a 65G for a year and maybe more - of course depends on the starting size - they a...

I see quite a bit on the "Fahaka (sic?)" puffer and since I am much more into SW, I am familiar with the huge puffers in the Arothron Genus that inhabit the oceans. I currently maintain (1) Stellatus, named Tiger (should be leo but I usually let the kids name them so who knows :) and he is...

Its been awhile since I have been able to post as well as read up on how everyone else is doing but I wanted to share my fortune with the forum readers! I received my (our - my girlfriend as fallen in love with Mappa Puffers) 3rd Mappa last week. Up to this point I have often wondered why they are s...

Queen is right - 100% normal. Puffers often rest literally on the bottom of the tank or vertically against the wall, between some rocks, whatever they find comfortable - their skin tone changes often. Many believe this to be due to their surroundings (much like a chameleon and many other animals) ho...

So how big is he/she? plurmaster is correct - Nothing wrong with starting off with a smaller (55G+ tank) and moving up as you can (cost, space etc)...porcs are slow growers (from my experience) so no need to hurry - just keep a good protein skimmer running, keep the Nitrates down and yes unfortunate...

Congratulations on your new puff! Yes post some pictures of course...They are great fish - I supposed once you post a pic we can see but what is his coloration and variety - do you know where he was collected?