The Puffer Forum

hi Dadof4n thanks for the reply, some good info ! yes he does have hiding holes and has already made one of those his own but has other places he gets himself into at other times. i only have a total of 4 fish in my 6x2x2 (that was always planned that way, although one of the fish a Harlequin Wrasse...

Hi all, ive just recently got my Dogface puffer which is the last fish to go in my 6x2x2 FOWLR tank. Ive done a fair amount of research and have found that the common reason for a puffer puffing is stress, well my puffer has puffed several times in a week so im wondering if I should be concerned? th...

Hi all, my 6x2x2 marine tank is just finishing cycling after 8 weeks and I will soon be ready to start buying my target fish. I have 80kg of live rock, a sump 50"x18"x18", I have a DSB with a few kilos of live rock cheato & calerupa filter socks and filter floss and a new Deltec 2...

thanks everyone for your thoughts, while in a fish shop yesterday (still trying to find one I like and trust to provide my fish) the guy said "you want a golden hush puppie in that tank" I replied well that would be a Meleagris wouldnt it? and they grow to 3 feet long, to big for my tank. ...

tyhanks lilgreenpuffer, thats cleared up my suspiscions and I was right, as for copatilbillity, I personally know sevral people have and do keep these two species together. theres is alaways the risk of the puffer being a fin nipper what with the Lion being a slower moving fish, however its a 6` tan...

Hi all, im new to these parts, Ive been setting up ready for my 1st marine tank with the intention of homing a puffer and a lionfish. my tank arrives Tuesday 6x2x2, Im settled on the Lion id like but am still unsettled on the Puffer. I was looking at the Dog faced puffer however I recently came acro...

so for anewbie like me thats planning on homing a puffer what would be the best method of quarenteening food for it ?

i was told to buy the frozen cockels (in shells) shrimp squid ect from the supermarket, thor out in warm water before feeding ?

Rgds Lee.

hi Jamie, ive just found this forum and this is my 1st post, sorry to hear about your puffer, its a sad thing for anyone to loose any pet. hop you dont mind me asking but I wondered if you could give me some information on the Arothon nigrapunctas ? im currently waiting for my 6x2x2 custom tank to b...