The Puffer Forum

He is just shy. Mine was for the first day or so also...but that may be because he is in with some very large fish, and I intentionally picked a shy puffer in hopes of keeping him with some tankmates. I had an interesting conversation with my local fish guy, from whom I purchased my fahaka and has d...

I got my Takifugu ocellatus from a LFS about 2 months ago. He was kept in FW at the LFS but I've been raising the salinity gradually and it's at 1.010 now. He was originally kept in the same tank with my GSP but since I learned from the forum here that they've been seen to take big chunks out of th...

Thats a Takifugu Ocellatus with really cool markings on it. SW fish, requires 55 gal tank, though, from my observations, a longer tank is really whats needed. Nice find, really unique markings on it. I love them. Great hunters.... I noticed in your signature that you have two GSP's with blue lobste...

Thanks for your help guys. Unfortunately, after some quick research, it seems these don't do well in captivity. This is one of the quotes I read and it's far from encouraging: "There seem to be an influx of these "peacock puffers" (Takifugu ocellatus), available in the aquarium trades...

Hello all: Today I bought a puffer, allegedly a Figure 8, from a LFS. I've had a fascination with puffers for a a few years now, and have seen more than my fair share of F8's and Green Spotted Puffers, since they seem to be the common fare at LFSs. Anyway, this fish is approx 3-4 inches long, has a ...