The Puffer Forum

With a 10 gallon tank, I would do a 75% change at least once a day.

It costs a lot to deliver a fish.

You must measure the salt using the hydrometer/refractometer. There's no way of saying "one cup to one gallon of water".

Most lfs know nothing about puffers.

They're so weird looking, but yet, so cute.

Were they in fresh or brackish when they were shipped to you? I would take a reading of the water, and leave it at that, then raise the SG of the water .002/week so that the biofilter doesn't crash. There is no tablespoon/gallon equation for adding salt. You have to measure it with the hydrometer/re...

Well, what kind were you going to get? Dwarf puffers need about 3 gallons each.. Gobies need from 10-20 gallons each... Crocodile fish need 30 gallons each... You can get the crocodile fish only in that tank, but from what I've seen, they're EXTREMELY hard to keep alive. Also, were you going to use ...

... aren't crocodile fish strictly marine?

Edit: I'm getting 3940820394820 hits for crocodile fish. Do you have the latin name?

What's a "crazy fish"?

I highly doubt that you have a fry Fahaka.

Just remember, there are always idiots in the world. You can establish this fact by working in retail.

I could see keeping one if you turn your entire first floor into an aquarium.... but other than that, no.

... that shipping fish is a little cruel? Yes, you pay money to have it shipped next day, but you are never 100% certain that it will get there, and not get lost somewhere in the massive towers of boxes. You don't know how the box is being handled, and you don't even know what conditions the box is ...

I know What your saying about supporting the wrong shop i was going to walk away but they just pulled at the heart strings and i had my little girl there who heard me say they werent to well. You can work out volume by LxWxH Divided by 1000 gives you litres mine is around 70 i know its to small at ...

Sorry, but I just have the image of a puffer running into a doorway.