The Puffer Forum

Ok so this morning when i woke up, one of my puffers was sick. he wasn't hardly moving. When he did move, it was pretty much just slamming himself into the rocks. His color was dark, he was fat looking, his eyes were flush with his face, instead of protruded and glancing about. Also, I noticed these...

decent pic of one

thanks everybody and sorry for the bad pictures. Both of them seem to be doing well now. I'll be getting them a permanent tank in the next couple of weeks. I've sent several e-mails to classified ad holders, all were 55gal or more. I haven't added any chemicals or additives to the tank... Ok so just...

yea dude, i read the article. you see, i was not well prepared for these guys. The salesman sold em as tropical fish. but i've gotten some bloodworms for them until i can get something better. Yes, I did swap the gravel and filter pads. Ill try to locate some melafix today. The sick one looks worse ...

riggers: the tank they're currently in now is 10 gal with a regular filter pump and submersible heater...they're eating flake food. t1gerbee: really hard to tell as i just noticed it looking up close... looks a little fuzzy and its a bit darker green than the rest of him... wish i could take better ...

dont worry, im not giving up on him. ok my camera doesn't take good pics of the aquarium. but ill post one as soon as i can. his belly is white, best i can tell. however, it is flatter than the other fish's stomach the only thing that looks different on him than my other puffer is, on top of him loo...

thanks man... i have a larger tank on the way. anyway, one of them isn't looking so good. he's lounging on the bottom a lot and has a cloudy green hue coming up on his back. also, could you tell me what you mean by substrate material? Thanks for the info... even if these die i will definitely get so...

Hey everyone, im new to the site and new to brackish tanks. I have no experience with them, but a recent turn of events has me here. My fiance brought home 2 GSPs from the pet store that were sold to her as freshwater fish. After a little detective work on the internet, I came to find that these are...