The Puffer Forum

Excuse my poor addition, I only have 12 fish now. And only two of them are over 2 inches... I don't know if that will change anything in what was said...?

Sooo.... heres whats up. I had 8 swordtails, now I only have 4. I had 10 tetras, now I only have 7. I had two variatus, now I only have 1. I had a GSP, but now he's gone. This all happened within the last month, and manly in the last week. I lost 2 tetras in a day. I lost a swordtail and then less t...

the stress zyme also removes chlorine and chloramines. I was adding a separate dechlorinater before I got the stress zyme.

what's prime?

Thanks for your advice! I know that the swordtails might be in danger but there are a ton of hiding places. The turtle is also only about 2 inches long, and will only get 3-5 inches long. I figure one day I will only have a turtle and a puffer and an algae eater. I think I forgot to mention that I h...

I use seachem stability whenever I put new water in, along with api stress zyme, and 2 tbsp of aquarium salt/5 gal. I have a rena filstar XP3 canister filter, and it's rated for a 175 gal. or so tank, not a 40 gal. I have a lot of carbon, bio media, and mechanical filtration. I have black Tahitian m...

I just lost my small GSP, and now that I know more about puffers I was wondering what type I should get... Here are some of the things I am looking for: -Freshwater preferably -6 in. or less preferably less -As Hardy as possible (I'd rather not lose another one so soon) -As even-tempered as possible...

I bought a small GSP about a month ago and today he suddenly stopped eating, and then a couple hours later was dead. He was about an inch long, and he had a florescent green patch on the top of his head. Yesterday I fed him some snails and he went nuts! His little belly got huge. That wasn't the fir...