The Puffer Forum

Thank you for your input. It's great to have such experienced fishkeepers adding to the conversation. A good friend of mine owns Chicagoland Discus. He keeps a constant water changer going on his tanks, so it's probably more than 100% daily WC. Many folks here have kept their puffers easily into th...

Actually, in SW it's not ich (Ichthyophthirius multifiliis) but a totally different parasite called crypt (Cryptocaryon irritans) but commonly referred to as Marine or SW Ich. Well, you've got me on that one. I've never kept a saltwater tank, simply don't care for the fish... and now after reading ...

My tank was fine after I let it sit for 1.5 years with only a cc starfish and some crabs. The ich was gone because I put in damsels this last Feb. and they never got sick. This is too common a mistake, some fish are immune to the ichthyophthirius parasite (ich) and can thrive in a tank with fish wh...

Your good bacteria lives on surfaces, not in the water column. I do 90% weekly on many of my tanks--discus breeders do 100% daily on theirs. Not to disagree, but that's news to me. Been raising discus for close to 10 years, know close to 150 other breeders/hobbyists and have participated/assembled ...