The Puffer Forum

Well this sucks the red stripe angelfish has passed away lying on the bottom of tank. No marks, bites anything. Just checked the water parameters : Ph 8.2 Amm 0 Nitrites 0 Nitrates 10 Salinity at 1.014 done in 24hours from 1.020. All the rest of fish are fine but so was the red stripe night before e...

Pufferpunk wrote:Only is there is a skimmer on there.

Thanks for your reply. Ive been trying to find out if baking soda is needed during hypo, do you know what is the lowest ph fish can handle or maybe better question would be what ph would be ideal for them during hypo treatment?

Hi folks,

Im in process of doing hypo treatment for my newly aqquired marine fish. Everything was going well until I bought the porc puffer, he was fine when he arrived but after 4/5 days of barely eating the ick appeared.

Would it be safe to still dose vit-c in the QT?

Thanks!

Newbiepuff -- any updates on your Fahaka? Turns out she wasnt constipated or the door being in view ... she has finally eaten 3 little, 2 inch blue yabby crayfish. Whats weird is she wont eat anything else but doesnt matter too much as we breed blue yabbies in our 35g and have plenty of them plus g...

If she's constipated enough not to eat at all, then she's going to be horribly bloated. Is she? Wierd thing is she doesnt look bloated and looks really healthy. Kinda looks like this one but belly isnt as big : http://www.siamfishing.com/board/upload2007/200709/119055443832320.jpg Still going to tr...

Thanks alot all for the encouragement and advice and great advice at that. Will order epsom salts first thing tomorrow from a good friend who sells them at the bagfull all 25kilos .. i usually get them for my Dad for the epsom salt bath soaks so its nice timing as well and hopefully Puffer will come...

Hi have you seen any poop at all? could it be its constipated? hmm good suggestion.. very good! I havent seen much at all .. but usually when i do which is rare its brown blobs ... If its constipated could i try something just to make sure? What would be the best test or treatment for this constipa...

Several of my puffers will go on hunger strike if I move them to a different tank. The fact that you've said she's not thin and is still looking good is a good thing. My first idea was that maybe she's got internal parasites, but it doesn't sound like it after I've read what you've wrote. I mean, s...

LilGreenPuffer wrote:Live earthworms?

Yep tried those although the words I used were pink hehe
Thx tho

Hi all .. need some help if theres any left :/ Ever since moving our fahaka Jabba the Hut 10+ weeks ago shes barely eaten at all .. actually the 2 times that she did take a bite she spat most of the food out! We were in the process of removing the 150g to a different room and she was very calm in th...

Hi people, Is this odd for a fahaka puffer ... Had her since 1 inch long and now 7 inches ex tail ... so over a inch of growth everymonth and we feed it mussles, shrimp with shell, clams, snails etc Whats wierd is ... she hasnt touched any of her tankm8s from neons, tigerbarbs, sharks,catfish, cichl...

Thanks boss!

folks,

Would a 60"L 30" W 18" H tank be ok for a Fahaka? Thanks!

Great advice, will drain all the water, scrub the rocks+plants, soak em, give the filter media a
good wash and let the tank recycle before buying gsps.

Will let you folks know how we get on, hopefully better this time.

Makes me wonder how or what are they using to catch
these puffers .... since all the other fish we have kept for 10plus years had hardly any deaths compared to the puffs .. wonder if random puffer deaths are common, anyone ??