The Puffer Forum

I have a dwarf puffer that is in a five gallon tank. I have had him for about a month. Everything at first was going really well. He would always greet me at the tank and within the past few days he seems so scared. Every time i go up to the tank he swims away so fast to get away. His tail is curled...

I have one dwarf puffer that is doing very well in a 5 gallon tank. How often should i clean the tank per week?

nitrites are 0, ph is 7.2, ammonia is 0. I use liquid water tests for everything except ammonia but did a 50% water change yesterday as well as put the aquasafe drops and ammonia drops in the water before adding it to the tank.

The ammonia, nitrites, nitrate and ph are all good.

The tank has been set up for about 3 months. It is a 5 gallon tank. The puffer that is not eating is very skinny and smaller than the other one. He was skinny when i bought him. I just did a water change yesterday and have had these puffers for about a week. Everytime i put food into the tank he goe...

I recently bought two dwarf puffers. One is eating like a pig and the other does not want to eat at all. I have tried frozen bloodworms, freeze-dried brine shrimp and also snails. I have also tried soaking the food in garlic juice for fish and they both do not seem to like it. I really do not want t...

I would like to get a figure eight puffer. I am going to buy him from a store called absolutely fish and i know that they keep them in brackish water.

I have a 20 gallon tank that has been running for about 3 months and is cycled. My last figure eight died in the other tank that i had so i really want to be prepared for my new fish! The ph is at 7 so I would like to know how to raise it safely. Also, it is freshwater right now so i would like to c...

I was actually thinking about getting a dwarf puffer for my five gallon but i felt so bad for my figure eight puffer that I am worried about buying a dwarf puffer. What would I need to do to cycle the tank again after all of the salt that I put in?

Unfortunately he did not make it overnight...so sad!! Thank you for all of your help and i will follow all of your directions when setting up my next tank.

My puffer is doing worse than ever. He has been sitting at the bottom of the tank for hours on his side, breathing heavily and cannot swim. Is there anything else I can do. I am worried he will not make it through the night.

His belly was concaved when i purchased him. I used seachem focus which I soaked black blood worms in.

He is breathing very heavily and is sitting at the bottom of the tank with a curled tail and has trouble even making himself upright. He has a concave belly which i thought could be an internal parasit so i dewormed him. He does not have any white spots and does not appear to have clamped fins. I ju...

What i don't understand is that all of the water was at the appropriate levels which i tested twice a day and he was still sick. That is why i added the salt which didnt help. I just tested the water again the water is the same as before i added the salt, i dont know why.

I am definitely not going to add any more salt.