The Puffer Forum

Well he is still alive the water temp is back to normal he is still breathing really hard he is not doing good at all. I don't know what to do. I can't figure out what is wrong.

i know i had to go to wal-mart all the fish stores are closed people at wal-mart were really grouchy and this was all they had. i guess its just going to have to wait till the morning thank you guys for your help i hope the little guy makes it through the night. i will let you know the results in th...

okay i just went and got some test strips my Ph is 8.4, Alkalinity is 300 and my water is to soft it shows my water hardness is at zero, nitrate and nitrite looks good.

I have two air stones in the tank with him I want more but i need a better air pump first. I also clean the tank with a python i don't use buckets and I have really soft water thats why i add malawi victorian buffer. Thats good to know about the stress zymes i won't add that anymore. I also am breed...

We have a 75 gallon fish tank we have been feeding him frozen blood worms frozen krill and baby apple snails since he is so small. I just did and water change before he started to act sick. I added in some buffer for the water and stress zymes. The red patches on his body have gone away but he is st...

My baby fahaka puffer is breathing really hard and is bloated and has some kind of red patches on his body i have the light turned of and a towel drapped over the tank for now to try to keep him calm. What should i do? I just did a water change could i have done something wrong?

we ordered a bigger tank for him last week, we should have it in a couple days so we are just going to get another fahaka, I was going to feed him blood worms for awhile till he gets older do you have any other suggestions? Thank you all for your input it really helps.

he was a fahaka puffer we have been feeding him feeder fish and mussels.

My Puffer died last night and i don't know why. He was acting like he was blocked up and he did not eat his fish from the morning so i put in some epsom salt to help him pass this. He went to the bathroom its was stuff that i had never seen before come out of him it was like golden eggs. And then th...

My puff bites at the glass of the tank quite often he even chewed through a wire that went to an underwater volcano the wire that went to the red l.e.d light. Is he bored? should i add more plants to the tank. He has been chewing through those as well?? I don't know what to do i buy him something an...

My puffers teeth seem to be getting a little big. He is still eating like crazy so i am not to worried right now, but i wanted to know if there was a cheaper solution for keeping his teeth at a healthly length besides feeding him apple snails. He does not really seem to care for mussels to much. Any...