The Puffer Forum

He is a great puffer, probably one of, if not my favorite fish. a lot of personality and he passes the glass begging for food even though he definitely is well fed!! He is an all black Dogface Puffer.

I walked past my tank (lights were out) around 3pm yesterday and saw this sight. thankfully my camera was nearby... http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u266/mjnoumoff/DSCN1382.jpg http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u266/mjnoumoff/DSCN1381.jpg then about 5 seconds after the flash of the camera first w...

i put a papua toby and valentini together, literally instant disaster overnight! the valentini was fine in the 30g tank for a few months and when I put the toby in, i found almost everything dead 8 hours later.

once the tank is established and assuming you have at least 1lb Live rock per 1 gallon of tank, then all you do need is LR and a very good protein skimmer. you can purchase some very good HOB (hang on back) protein skimmers so you do not need a protein skimmer. i would suggest an Aqua C Remora or fo...

he's very passive and is like a gentle giant attitude, although he is only 4"

thank you

Greetings All- Yesterday afternoon I moved ARIK, my juvi dogface puffer from a 60g tank to a 50g tank. both tanks are in hyposalinity for ich and thus no LR in either tank. my 60g tank has a Aqua C Ev-120 skimmer that is really pulling a lot of skinmate out. the 60g tank was cloudy and the only othe...

I snapped a few pictures of ARIK with maybe a new friend!?!?

Greetings All- I was walking past ARIK's tank this morning when I noticed something odd. So i turned the light's on and snapped a few pictures. These white dots look more like pin head size than sugar (ICH!!) size. After the lights were on for a few minutes the pinheads started to recede...any idea ...

i think so... everthing was fine with just the valentini. i purchased the toby and literally overnight almost everything was dead. i salvaged a clownfish by putting him into a 10g QT that was still cycling. i ordianrliy would not have done that BUT considering the siutation, i had nothing to lose......

ARIK = Black dogface (named after black labrador retriever KIRA)

Dophie = saddle valentini (named after deceased king charles spaniel, Sophie . i caugt Sophie once smelling her poop and recently caught the puffer checking out his (after he made it)...so a rhyme of Sophie DOPHIE

i am not denying this is ich BUT it looks like there are white spots ALL OVER the tank. almost like sand particles...

on a general note, i would be conerned with plastic plants in saltwater since saltwater is rather corrosive and im not sure what types of stuff is released from those platsic plants when the saltwater gets to them. i kept a valentini and papauan toby in a 30g tank..for less than 12 hours. i had the ...

i know this may sound odd but could it be non-dissolved salt? although why would it still be on his fins for such a long time....

Thanks for your comments!! My parents have this magnificent black labrador retriever named KIRA. I (like most of us here!!) am a huge puffer fan and immediately fell in love with the black dogface puffer. So I reversed KIRA's name and got ARIK or ARIKA if the puffer is a she!! The scallops have been...