The Puffer Forum

Basically I had a toby that was wild caught for 8 months, 2 months in a 7 gallon tank when he was tiny, 5 when he was in my 20 and 1 or two in a 7 gallon cube that he was originally in. They only get about the size of a percula clown... I moved him from his 20 because he starting eating my zoanthids...

I found that way the hard way. Found my little toby lifeless on the floor, flushed him and had to go to work :( I like the mangrove idea, I think I could screen the back with egg crate(let the mangroves grow through) and the front with a removable screen. Think that's a good idea, maybe I'm better o...

Your fine,
and tasting the water can work plus following the salts directions.

I once ingested a small amount of palyotoxin,
got some under my fingernails from handeling them and bit that nail(I almost never bite my nails)
Worst stomach ace ever,
a few pain pills had to be taken,
next day I was fine.

Sorry.
I was running off and hastily finished the post.
I was thinking about doing a mangrove biotope with macro algae that's all sunlit.
Provided that the puffer doesn't eat it,
my toby loved macro.

Hmm. I'll keep an eye out for a cheap 40 gallon that I can resilicone, since I can toss a tank together pretty cheaply since I don't need a skimmer or much lighting. Can I do plants with them ? I've thought about doing a tube of T5HO over the tank for some low light plants. I'm 16 so I'm trying to k...

So my awesome Toby jumped, I can't believe it :( After going to the LFS to get a Tomato clown for my 20 gallon reef, I saw three grape sized GSPs. I did read the specie on the pufferpedia, but would like to ask some questions. Do they really get 5 inches long ? Can they be kept full marine ? Or is b...

My sister says that she sees tons of fat puffers,but I know they are infested with IP.

Yes it's made my day :) Never have to worry about that again ever. Okay now what could be injuring his fins ? I don't think a dime sized damsel could do it, my blenny wouldn't must be the Coral Banded Shrimp or tiny(1.5 inch) somewhat rare non photosenthic anemone(he nver goes near it). The shrimp h...

I see white spots on my Puffer's Fins, like ich but it's no way that it's ick. They don't look like cysts,I haven't added a fish in a month or so. I do use natural SW so maybe I introduced something Params and Information Water : Perfect,It's a reef and my coral is thriving(Nothing could be wrong in...

Funny tangs and lettuce,puffers and watermelon

Maybe you could do a pair of tobies ?
I've seen them in the wild as pairs,
really tempting to get a pair but they almost always have parasites

Um I was thinking since my puffer would eat anything and since I had some water melon,
it's mostly water and he likes macro I'd try a tiny piece.
So I tried a tiny piece(pea sized) and he went nut over it.
It's not like I'm going to feed it to him again,but is there any thoughts on that ?

Why not the display? Hmm,I think the sand might now work, doesn't seem stable enough like if you agitate it you could have problems. I just wouldn't invest in sand as biological filtration. You could always buy base(cheaper dead dry LR) and seed it with a pound of choice LR You'd have to add somethi...

You really don't need to spend the dough on LR. Buy 25% LR and the rest can be dead dry base, it may take time for it to color up and become live but it will be much cheaper. By law in Hawaii I can't harvest LR so I took Coraline scrapings,LS from a reef and 8 months later it's turning out pretty ni...

I have a grand saved for a 120 setup,but have to wait for the house to sell first
Could be months,could be a year,and I'm constantly teased with black tangs,and all those other sweet tangs I see swimming around.