The Puffer Forum

i would steer clear of the reptile sand at all costs. if it's the stuff I'm thinking of, i doubt it would be good for your tank. it's not really even good for reptiles, causes impactions and obstructions that can be deadly if they ingest any of it, and it would probably do the same if your fishies s...

matt77 wrote:I have never feed her fish only feeder shrimp

ha! now i feel stupid, i read "fish" not shrimp... dunno how i did that....

not sure specifically, but feeder fish should not be the main diet for any puffer. read the feeding articles in the library. essentially, feeder fish contain too much fat which can poison your puffer. they are also often riddled with disease if you buy them from the LFS. gut loading does little to h...

are you completly disolving the salt in water in a seperate container before you add it to your tank? if you add salt directly to the tank without disolving it first, it can "burn" your fish's skin. Also, you need a hydrometer to measure the salinity of the water every time you do a water ...

So.. .004 in one 5g bucket and the rest fresh for each water change over 2 and a half weeks until brackish is obtained. If you are chainging 50% of the water in the tank, make each bucket to .004. when it is diluted by the water in the tank, it will become .002. So first week, all the water you add...

a lot of puffs usually need a few days to settle in. offer food daily but until he goes a week without food its probably premature to worry. check out the feeding article in the library and try soaking his food in garlic (forget what the product is called that's usually recommended around here). puf...

and as for the salt I think I have gotten my head around it now. so say I do a 50% change I want all of my water I ADD to be .008 or a little lower so when the tank is full to 100% it dilutes to .002. .004 for the new water if you are replacing 50% of the water. when you add it in the new water wil...

I had three DPs in a 10 gal. One day i was doing a water change, and out of habit I check water I'm pouring out very carefully for fry (mostly because of the guppy tank). I didn't see anything and dumped most of the water into the toilet bowl to discard it. Well I notice this tiny moving dot.... I g...

ahh I just got the tank about 30 minutes ago (see first post update). wouldn't running new water that has not been cycled kill all the bacteria in the old filter? i'm excited to get this tank up and running and watch my little puffers explore the tank. >_< As long as the water you are putting into ...

If you're dead set on getting a puffer, go with Dwarf Puffers. I had those while I was living in a dorm... You only want to put 2 in a 10gal tank, or even just 1, they are very territorial. Entirely freshwater, so you don't have to worry about salinity. dwarf puffer info: http://www.thepufferforum.c...