The Puffer Forum

Thank you...we were very happy to bring him home and give him his tank. Rambo is now very comfortable coming out to see us and we enjoy watching him explore and hunt in his tank. There are a few smaller fish for him to chase and eat, and we put live adult brine shrimp in to give him something to blo...

I agree, he will easily empty the snails out of this tank, but I have an abundance of snails in another tank and will be setting up a spare tank as a snailed 'breeder'. I found the RTR article last night...sounds fun. We decided to name him 'Rambo' and he is currently enjoying a small treat of crab ...

Thanks for the info. I didn't mention that I had also stocked the tank with snails about 3/4 to 1 inch wide. This morning, he didn't really go for the worms and tore into one of the snails...very cool to watch! I will take your advice on the smaller food and try some of the meatier choices you menti...

Thanks for the replys...we'll play with his food selection a bit. I was just happy to see him eat the first night.

Later,

Steve

We picked this 'little' guy up tonight. He is about 2 inches without fin and has no name yet. He hung out in his new 120 gal home for an hour before I added a small amount of adult brine shrimp. He ate the few that hit the substrate near him. After another hour, I added a few blood worms, which he a...

Hello, I am new to this forum, but not new to aquarium fish...20+ years in FW, SW and Breeding Discus, Angels and Rams... ect. I have always had an interest in puffers, but never the space. Now my two sons (8 & 10) have tanks and love puffers...so, we are doing research. I have a partially plant...