The Puffer Forum

Poor old Spud passed away this morning, a very sad day but I think he had a good life, enjoy fishy heaven Spud !

No other changes at all, he has just gradually eaten less and less over the past couple of months. I think it is probably his time sadly. Will sure miss him

He really doesn't look very well now :( he is normally a sandy colour and is now quite dark bless him and he is panting. I have turned his light off and will leave him in peace, have a feeling he won't be with us for very much longer . I do hope I am wrong, he really is a very important member of ou...

Tank 30 US gallons ( 125 litres) established 7 years Ammonia 0 nitrite 0 nitrate 10, no changes to tank since set up. I have a very much loved Muirus puffer who we have now had for just over seven hyears, he was about 2'' when we got him and is now about 5''. He has always eaten well, usually raw sh...

I am so so sorry for your sad loss, it was your Punkster who inspired us to get our Congo puffer, we have had him for nearly four years now and he is such a sweetie, we would be devastated to lose him! We lost one of our dwarf puffers recently after 3 1/2 years which was so sad even though she was q...

sadly he died and just like his sister, not a mark on him, its been a very sad week

The heater is working fine,and I am manic about hand washing when I feed the fish or put my hands in the tank. I don't use any aerosols near the fish tanks either, the only thing I have done is change the light bulb about 2 weeks ago and I did a water change, exactly as normal , about 3 or 4 days be...

Hi I have a 20G brackish tank which has been established for about 3 years ammonia 0 nitrite 0 nitrate 10 sg 1.004, temperature 27'c it was home to two little F8's which we have had for 15 months, no aggression, both feeding and growing well, no changes to the tank for about a year.They have been fe...

We have dwarfs too and they are certainly very different lol. Our dwarfs are over three now so quite elderly and although not as active and friendly as they used to be , they are sweet little fish and all three of ours are very different.
Good luck with whatever you choose
Sue

Hi We live in the Uk ( South East) and have had a Congo puffer for the past 3 1/2 years. He is a sweetheart, although he isn't the most active of puffers and we mostly see little eyes peering out of the sand. He takes food from my hand when he is really hungry and has a very distict personality of h...

Sadley our little girl died today. We came home from a day out and she was laying on the stones upside down and barely breathing, when I touched her she swam round in circles very disorientated and obviously very unwell,and didn't respond to food. we took the difficult decision to euthanase her. Whe...

Her eye became very swollen,it looked like a bubble! but I am not sure if was an infection or an injury, it recovered of its own accord but she was never the same really.We wondered if she had some kind of brain damage or something. She is eating well and doesn't seem to have a swollen tummy or anyt...

Hi I have a well established tank, 18 US G, ammonia 0, nitrite 0, nitrate 10 with 3 dwarf puffers ( one male and 2 females) all of which we have had for 3 years. One of the girls had a problem with her eye about 2 years ago and has acted a little odd ever since ( I think she lost some of her sight h...

He seems fine and very hungry too bless him. I am just glad it happened now and not when we were away although I have warned my puffer sitter friend and told her where i keep all my spares too
Hopefully we got away with it this time
Thanks
sue

Hi I came down this morning to see a sad looking miurus puffer in a very cool tank!! My heater must have packed up and the temperature was reading 20'c.Its usually about 27'c . Fortunately I keep spares and I have replaced the heater and slowly brought the temperature back up using warm water mixed ...