The Puffer Forum

hiya long time since I've been on here, sorry for that! But now looking for more irrubescos and wondering if anyone knows of any lfs that would be able to get them in the midlands please? Tried every reputable place I can think of! Thanks in advance x

ok ok, thanks!! i have always had a lot of trouble getting my other saps to eat anything that isnt bloodworms, but the 2 new 1s will try pretty much anything. im hoping once theyve been quarantined long enough, and i put them all together, the old 1s will copy the new 1s and be a bit less nervous wi...

oh ill try that! yeh i do feed them snails,and cherry shrimps. the snails neveer seem to interest either of them much, but then i never see any snails in the tank either, so i guess they are eating them at some point :D both seem to like the shrimps, but how often should i be feeding them shrimps? i...

that is kinda what i been trying 2 do...but the 2nd 1 still isnt fast enough lol the greedy 1 scoffs his share down, then almost before the smaller 1 gets to look at his worms, greedy puff is straight over the other side eating the rest of the worms! he needs to learn some manners lmao!

oh kk thanks anyways!! ill just have 2 try make sure the other 1 gets some before fatty gets 2 them all!

lol ive worked out whats going on with him...hes eating to many worms, getting to fat and then overbalancing lol!! this only happens after worm time. the greedy little puff is taking all the worms that i put in for both lol! then when hes trying to swim fast, hes looking like 1 of these http://www.z...

just bought 2 new little saps a couple of days ago, theyre in a 180l tank atm, by themselves, pH8(ish) ammonia 0 nitrite 0 nitrate <10 up till 2nite they both been ok ,eating like little pigs and just basically acting like little lunatics as saps tend to do lol. when ive come back in tonight tho, th...

poor little fella died last night :( up till yesterday he was eating ok, but last night whatever it was hanging from him started to look as if it had fungus of some kind? not like what ive eever seen on a fish before,but looked the same as what dp eggs sometimes get, really hairy looking. then when ...

thanks pp!! where would i find that? pet shop or chemist or anything like that?

thanks dave will keep eye on him

cananyone help please?

pH - 8 amm - 0 nitrite - 0 nitrate <10 turned the tank lights on this morning, and saw this hanging from 1 of my saps :( it definately wasnt there at feeding time last night. hes still eating fine,dosent seem bothered by it. but since ive fed them this morning, there now looks to be a bloodworm hang...

yep dps do puff! 1 of my girls tends to do it quite often...have only ever seen 1 of the others do it once though

theyre in brackish water

thanks for your help! will make sure its kept clean