The Puffer Forum

Pufferpunk wrote:When I was on vacation once, my Hubby thought he did me a favor by pulling out a "dead" fish & freezing it. It was my live (rarely moving) Banjo catfish. I had him 5 years.

wow, that sucks bigtime!

Is that what is commonly called a Banjo cat? they almost look the same, but the banjo grows bigger about 6 inches and they live in south america while the stone catfish stays small at around 1 1/2 inch and lives in bangladesh. i noticed from the pics that the banjo has a longer tail spanand also lo...

DwarfPufferLover wrote:I definetly agree. You should do something about this. How long have you had the tank with this many inhabitants?

they are with me for 3 1/2 months now.
the ghost shrimps are gone (dead and eaten)

Pufferpunk wrote:In a tank that size, 3g/DP isn't overstocked. That's total water volume though & no other fish.

hey there pufferpunk, this is the info on the stone catfish:
http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/sp ... ies_id=432

DwarfPufferLover wrote:Why?? I know that their shells are hard but DPs don't bite down on the shell like most puffer species. Instead they suck the snail out of the shell. So it's not like it's going to harm the beak at the slightest.

woah, never knew that they suck on the snails.

Ok here's the deal:
50g planted tank (still in progress) inhabitants are:

15 pcs dwarf puffers
5 otocinclus
6 bumblebee gobies
8 kuhli loach
and 3 stone catfish
and 2 ghost shrimp

now the question is, is it overstocked?

i remembered that there are light dimmer switch all of a sudden.

i have some dwarf puffers (around 15 pcs) in a 50g tank.i planned on turning it into a planted tank, currently have some anubias and java ferns since im still a noob in planted. i wanted a carpeted tank so i got an advice from a planted tank expert and he said that i should try marsile hirsuta. so a...

I got a fahaka right now and currently with my 2 GSP but I noticed that he has a nipped tail. Will the puffer's tail grow back to normal?

Are Shrimps (with shell on) ok to trim down the puffer's teeth? How bout the the frozen foods?

I guess that turning up the heat can increase in the fishes' metabolism.

Hi I'm new here. Just wanted to know if a live tibifex worms are ok as another staple diet for the puffers. And does frozen food (frozen shrimps or krill) help in trimming the puffer's teeth?