The Puffer Forum

Thanks so much for your reply! My guys went bonkers for the snails....
What do you feed your snails? I fed them zucchini, but not sure what else.

I hope this is the right forum, if not....please move... I have been giving my amazon puffers lots and lots of snails, which they are eating very quickly. I know their teeth grow quickly, so I want to breed my own snails. I bought a little filtered 2.5 gallon tank. Did I go too small? Now I am think...

So far, so good. Almost a week and puffers are doing great. Bought my snail tank, I can't believe how fast they go through snails....

[welcome] Be sure to check out the great article on them in outr library. they ar constantly moving--more than any other puffer species but with enough decor, they should stop every once in a while to look around at their environment. Was this the same tank the GF were all wiped out in? So sorry fo...

Thanks again! I do have sand in there, but they are too busy darting around to notice. I gave them about 20 snails yesterday, but think they are all gone. How often should they be getting them? I am considering a snail tank...can they eat too many of them? And yes, ranchu are great fish. I had a few...

Thanks for the info. I will use the Safestart...thanks! Along with twice daily testing, I should be OK. I added more plants today, as will add more as my funds allow.

Hi everyone! I am VERY new to puffers. Up until yesterday I was an avowed ranchu keepers. A new ranchu brought in disease that didn't show up until after QT. Wiped them all out...Very sad. Anyway....I have a 100 gallon tank and put in 5 amazon puffers. My filters seemed to still have enough bacteria...