The Puffer Forum

It was maybe two hours between removing the tetras and putting the pufferfish in. I did it all within the same day, so the bacteria was still a-ok. Alright, well, thankyou for the information. Right now I'm going to focus on making sure I get the water conditions right and cleaning the tank correctl...

Well I got the water tested and everything was normal, I forgot to ask for the numbers, though. I asked the guy at the aquarium place about keeping him in a ten gallon all his life and he said that my pufferfish would only get like an inch and a half long.. so maybe I don't really have a green spott...

ok.. something else kinda weird is happening! Now my pufferfish is swimming vertically with his head towards the gravel and his tail is curled up against his body... I dont' know how long he's been doing it and I unfortuneatly can't stay to see if he keeps doing it for a while or not since I have to...

...alright, again, THE TANK WAS CYCLED WHEN I PUT HIM IN! It had been cycling for an extremely long time and I took the water in to get tested at a place called aquatics unlimited, they told me all the numbers (I forgot them by now) and said that the water is perfect to put the puffer in. I tested i...

I haven't even had him that long, just to let you know. It's been at most 2 weeks, probably just under that. His tank would've been cleaned after the first week but my mom kept putting it off until I got so worried I did it myself. It was the first time I'd ever cleaned a tank myself (at least, with...

Well he's just a baby right now and I'm gonna keep him in the ten gallon for a while until he starts to get too big... Also I'm getting worried, he's kinda swimming around frantically and letting himself get pulled around by the water a lot, which he usually does but he's always a lot slower. Do you...

Hi, I have a green spotted puffer and I have him in a ten gallon tank. I just cleaned the tank myself for the first time and did a 20% water change, roughly. I washed the glass and got the algae off and did my best to get the algae off the decorations in his tank, then put them back in and added wat...