The Puffer Forum

Sounds good, I'll start doing that. Is it just the nitrates then?

Ah sorry, it gets changed every 2 weeks, about 25 gallons.

I have a green spotted puffer, and have had him in the tank since I got him, about 8-9 months ago. The tank has been set up for about the same amount of time. Parameters: SG: 1.008 pH: 7.2 Nitrite: 0/undetectable Nitrate: 45 mg/L (doing a water change after I post this to bring them down) He still e...

So I've decided to make it simply a lionfish and eel tank, not sure what kind of eel yet but that's the final decision. On the flip side in order to appease my boyfriend, I'm going to turn the 38 gallon into a puffer tank. This will probably be FW to save on costs, suggestions on puffers for that? M...

Jeni, I saw JP's post before it got edited, thanks! Covus, If I keep the other fish larger than the snowflake's mouth and keep the SF well fed will he still go after the other fish? I've heard that its much like the lion fish, if there are other smaller fish and he's hungry he'll eat them but if you...

Jeni, Don't worry, I wasn't planning on feeding gold fish or anything like that to the lion, I'm not sure how I feel about feeding it live food, and it will be A LOT easier to feed it frozen. I know they get big as will the lions, (not as big) and plan on moving them to a larger (120+) once that tim...

Did you? Ha ha I've heard it from a few different places. I know about the different foods, same with the puffers and eel. Will they all get along and which puffer would you recommend?

I'm getting a couple left over tanks in a couple months when I move, I want to do one for them with a FOWLR. I'm trying to figure out what I am going to stock in it, I definitely want to get a puffer and some lions, but I'm afraid this won't work. Here's what I think so far: 1 either Papuan Toby or ...