The Puffer Forum

Also, a puffer only receives toxin by consuming OTHER organisms that contain toxin. As far as I understand it, puffers don't produce their own I believe they create their own toxins. Puffers don't necessarily eat toxic animals. As long as you don't eat the liver you will be fine. Puffers are consum...

After further searching on WetWebMedia, Bob Fenner recommends Chloroquine phosphate for treating a DT for Crypt, over quinine sulfate. Actually quinicrine hydrocloride is what I use and Imix it with copper. Quinicrine can be used by itself and is safe with most inverts except corals. Crabs, urchins...

Not everyone has the stomach to cut into a living creature, especially when the tool you're using is almost as big as the thing you're cutting into. Then you will just have to let him die. Fish don't hardly bleed unless you cut into an organ. If I were going to do an operation on one today I would ...

When I took a tumor out of mine I diden't have to look at the liver. It was not in view in the incision I made to remove the tumor and the fish was otherwise healthy. I have taken large tumors off many fish and so far none of them got an infection or anything else. Fish have great capacity to heal w...

Puffer skin is tough but it is softest on their belly because it has to stretch. This was 38 years ago so I don't really remember how much force it takes to cut through the thing. I know you can cut it because my family is in the sea food business and we used to sell northern puffers to eat. You can...

I find it very interesting to hear your experiences with keeping puffers and fish in general and things you have found which go against whats written in books. Indie I have been doing this since before most of those books were written. I know some of the authors. I don't know if you know Bob Goeman...

Did it try to puff? It's interesting to hear you kept it that long in SW, as as far as I know, they do best in a low SG of 1.005 (maybe it would have lived even longer?). Could you describe the force-feeding? I guess you used no anesthesia, like clove oil? Did it try to puff? It's interesting to he...

Wow that's amazing, no way I would be brave enough to do that. The puffer had to be brave not me. I did not use an anesthetic because I do not believe fish feel pain as we perceive it. I diden't come to that conclusion lightly. I have been keeping fish for almost 60 years. A fish is an animal that ...

I have never posted on this forum before but Pufferpunk asked me to join to tell a story about a figure eight puffer I had. I only have a reef tank now so I don't keep puffers anymore but for many years I kept tetrodon puffers. I started with them in fresh water in the sixtees. One of them in partic...