The Puffer Forum

I did actually mean gallons... A scat grows to a foot long, and I think fish that size should be in nature instead of in a tank. But considering the fact I bought them(being mis-informed), I believe I should do anything to take care of them well... I'm not too scared for the puffer, more for the sca...

My pregnant mommy-molly is a real bitch to my f8's. She will head butt them when it's feeding time. I wish I could give all my molly's away as they just keep on breeding in my tank... But mine are also black molly's. I think the balloon molly wouldn't last long if your figure 8 has some aggression i...

So that's my question. I have two scats living on freshwater still, but I want to move them to a better home soon. I bought them back when I thought fish store-employees knew something about fish. They told me they would grow to 5 inches. But when I invest in a 400 or 500gallon tank(which I believe ...

When I read that first post my stomach turned around.... This is a classic example of people just buying surlaW and not thinking. Read littlegreenpuffer's sig...

Like pufferpunk says your puffers are all doomed if it's an uncycled tank. And I really can't see dp's and f8's live together in peace....

Dwarfs would suit that tank! I'd stick to only two dwarfs and nothing else.... They are still one of my favourite puffers! And indeed they do love planted tanks!

I never thought I would be posting this, but since yesterday, my congo started eating again. Just when I thought he was heading to a sure death, yesterday I saw him in a better shape then usual. Closer inspection told me he had eaten several of my shrimp! In my enthousiasme, I hurried downstairs to ...

I have done it once with clove oil but it is not a healthy product for fish. I do know about ms222 but found it rather elaborate to get a prescription when in the end you are doing the whole dentistry yourself. Personally I don't care much for manufacturers who don't list the ingredients on the bott...

Because it's hard for us europeans to get our hands on some finquel, a friend and co-puffer owner of mine ordered a product called narcosis, made by "House of kata". This product is made for putting koi-fish to sleep for medical treatment. Because I know puffers have a delicate skin, not h...

Nope, that's not it, I have a cave but checked it last night! Also I do usually shake the chems but maybe I forgot that one time?
Also I have absolutely no nitrites in there....

He is not an adult, well not a full grown one anyway, about 2,5-3 inches in size. I've had him for about 3 or 4 months, and he was always a good eater! His staple diet was always frozen mussles, because he didn't like much else. On 3 occasions(well spread) I gave him live fish, that were always from...

I think I may be losing my mind, but the ammonia test I just did, came out negative.... So no ammonia today?! He is still not accepting any food, I keep pushing a mussle against his face but he gets annoyed every time... THis guy is gonna die if he keeps starving himself. It must be pretty much a mo...

Yeah I hope so too, but I'm guessing my little guy won't hold out much longer... There is a little cave in there but could one shrimp give of enough ammonia in a 25g to create high readings? My ammonia was at around 1.5mg/l, nitrates were around 20, nitrite 0... Food doesn't seem to even ring a bell...

Ok, after a few days now, I have done an other ammonia-test and the problem is back, with an extra punch.... So have the bacteria died off? That would be quite strange no? I guess I have to do another big waterchange than, but this crappy safe start costs me about 20dollars a' bottle! I also took th...

Not that I'm thinking about doing anything crazy but, I'd like to know pufferpunk, what you exactly mean by "force feeding"?

I did a measurement an hour ago which told me there's no longer any ammonia there, at least nothing that's measureable! Not eating yet though....