The Puffer Forum

His poop that I checked today were black. Do they have to look both stringy and white? His poop sorta looks like warped potatoes, is that cool? I think thats normal right? He still has a skinny stomach so I'm gonna go buy more meds and start feeding frozen bloodworms dipped in garlic and meds just f...

Okay, but if it does should I medicate the whole tank all over again and try feeding them medicated food or should I just seperate that one puffer and medicate him?

well i heard u can use the Jungle Fizz and soak it in there food but unless ur ammonia is really high i am guessing thats the problem since my friend is having this also if it is u should use ammonia lock or do alot of water changes till ur ammonia is down I'm a bit confused why you brought up ammo...

Okay I got 6 dwarf puffers from the petstore. They came to me as pretty small babies. Anyway, besides that, when I first got them a few look like they got IPs so I treated the tank. My dosage was like this: 40 gallon tank, I used jungle fizz tabs you find commonly at your local fish stores. 4 tabs s...

How do i quarantine a dwarf puffer? Can anyone please give me steps. Many people are very careful when getting new fish and they always utilize the quarantining method which is keeping a fish around for a month or so in another cycled tank and observing it for any signs of illness. From my experien...

I would say that many puffers are pretty hardy given that the tank is fully cycled and you QT the puffer. Quarantine that is. Dwarf puffers are definitely good beginner puffers because they don't require much space and tank maintenance because of their size. I don't think dwarf puffers have overgrow...

Will this harm or weaken my other puffers that might be healthy? They are pretty small baby sized dwarf puffers. So, what about the question? Guess I should just dose the whole tank then right? I just want to make sure because I think 5 out of 6 puffer looks great, I don't want to risk harming or k...

Oh, what about that other question before I dose: Will this harm or weaken my other puffers that might be healthy? They are pretty small baby sized dwarf puffers. Oh yeah, after feeding, I noticed that a lot of them have a fat belly but eventually in an hour, they go back looking just round again an...

Okay, thanks. Is this the right dosage method though: I dose 4 tabs (premixed in a cup) since I have 40 gallons, then I pour it into the 40 gallon. Then I wait 2 days later, I do a 75% water change? The package says 25% but some people on this forum like Nick says 50-75%? I then add another 4 tabs (...

Also, for the ones that are not infected, adding the dose won't hurt or weaken them right? Just double checking.

I just want to dose the whole thing just incase.

Alright, I have a 40 gallon tank with 6 dwarf puffers in there. 3 of them have sunken stomachs so I'm going to treat them all for internal parasites. I just went out and bought parasite clear. I just want to double make sure with everyone if my method is correct: I dose 4 tabs (premixed in a cup) si...

I feed my discus fish live black worms for 2years, with no problems. Sounds like your source for black worms are fine. I am trying to breed feeding snails aswell. what kind are you trying to breed? :o K, thanks guys. I'm breeding ramshorns. I hear your typical pond snails are better because they al...

I'm keeping some dwarf puffers and I feed them hikari frozen bloodworms but they don't really seem to go at it much. A long while back I use to buy blackworms (also called live bloodworms when I go to the fish store and ask for them) to my betta. They are alive and I think they'll help stimulate the...

I was wondering can I go out to the seafood isle and get some live salt water snails and clams and give it a quick wash and feed my fahaka puffer? I want something live to bring up their predatory instincts. So far, he's not too attracted to earthworms much. I'll try to find fresh water snails, but ...

He's only 2.5-3"

All he's doing is laying around.