The Puffer Forum

OK.... Because I was curious, I consulted a guy at the petstore where I bought the fish and who has kept them. he told me it is even possible to keep the fish in the 10 gallon tank. He told me that when the puffers pale in coloration, this is an indicator of stress. He told me the stress my fish are...

Thanks for the quick response, guys. Well im at a crossroads now. i found a 55 gallon tank, with nothing else for 20 dollars. I also found a 55 gal. with hood and stand for 150 dollars. I read that 2 filters are ideal for this size of tank, but I have no idea what types of filtration or oxygenation ...

I have also read on the forum that these fish require a 30 gallon tank. Is this necessary at such a small size anyway? I do plan to eventually move them to a larger tank. Is this the source of their stress? Sure, they nip at each other at times, especially feeding tim, but they seem content with eac...

Hello all, Consider this my introduction to the forum. I have 3 small GSPs (about 2 inches each) in a ten gallon tank with several structures, a faux plant, and a java fern. Like a noob, I did not hear the warnings about not cyclng a tank with these fish, and they have been in an uncycled (my only) ...