The Puffer Forum

bertie 83 wrote:Sorry i have no info on these but someone will be along soon to help. Where you from?

im from cambs area
what about tankmates?

hello there after losing my beloved mbu puffer i vowed i would never get another but ive been offer a humpback puffer can anyone give me some info please ie feeding tankmates etc etc
i have a 800lts tank spare would this be ok??
thank you
matt

just to let everybody know it is with a heavy heart that my beloved puff died tonight after a freak accident with my filter emptying my tank and him getting trapped upside down , we think he was one of the biggest mbu in the country at 27" ive enjoyed my time with puff after we saved him from a...

my puffer is in a really bad way all of a sudden and is laying on his side like he is nearly died!!! he has a large soft lump just behind his right fin he is in a 8x3x3 tank with 4ft sump natrate is0.1 amm o nitrite 0 temp 27 doesnt look like i have much time he is 26" long and ive tried burpin...

yesterday and he wasnt as interested as normal
there are no signs of probs

he is bent over double and breathing real slow and been on his back a couple of times

he is in a 8x3x3 with 4ft sump filter temp 27 0amm o.1 nitrate
been in this set up for monthes with no probs and now he is dying for no reason
i dont think he will last the next hour

just wondered if anyone can help me on this one as mine is about 8/9 years old and looking a bit tired

will try to if i can get him to keep in one place long enough lol !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

will do i will take some more and put them up for you all
thanks for all your kind comments

sorry for the late response but been rescuing reptiles and other fish!!!!!!! sadly he was bought when he was 6"long and he was put in an extremley large 5ft x 18" x 18" tank, seven years and 22" later he was still in the same tank!!! the person who had him before meant well but h...

more on way hope you like em, he is 28" long and he has to have company !!! he lives with 7 silver dollars lol

here is a picture of puff our rescued puffer

this guy has one big mouth!!!
any other suggestions on other food that is readily available???

they were empty so he had digested the good bits, im just worried because he is a greedy fish and he sometimes swallows things whole and he might not be so lucky next time