The Puffer Forum

Only sad part with getting the eel was I had to trade in 2 puffers. I traded in a GSP and an F8. Plus my 2 Mono Sabaes. I got money back after trading in those fish and getting the eel. I was surprised, but they loved my little puffers. I think they turned the show tank on the front desk into bracki...

I had him special ordered for me. It took me 8 months to find a store that could get one for me. Many said they could, but only one came through. It took me a week because when the store ordered it from the farm, it was in FW. I don't have a FW tank, so I had to bring him up to 1.012 SG before I cou...

Picked this up last Saturday and he/she's doing super well. Already eaten 2 black mollies and likes his cave I built for him. I was worried when I first got him because he had to live in a 5 gallon bucket with a heater and air pump for a week while I acclimated him to brackish from fresh. http://sph...

I might try drip acclimation on the next fish then. Still seems a bit excessive for a brackish fish considering it's natural habitat. I could understand with saltwater and possibly even freshwater tropical fish that need very specific water. I would have bought 4 or more archers, but I bought the on...

I don't know the scientific name for the eel. I always heard it called FW moray eel. They originate in a river in Thailand I believe. Same river as the giant prawns and the FW stingrays. I don't understand what you're saying about the weakest will perish first... PRC3. I know the tank is overstocked...

I have a 55g brackish tank that has been set up for probably 6-8 months now with no problems or deaths. Almost a week ago, I decided that I was tired of fighting algae, so I bought some API Algaefix. I put it in the tank and within 2 hours my archer died. I couldn't believe it. My 2 green spotted pu...

I've been wanting to use algae chemicals in my tank, but never did because I had a prawn (grown ghost shrimp) that cleaned up after everyone. The only algae chimicals I could find at a decent price said not to use with crustaceans. My prawn shed one day and the puffers attacked and killed it. My alg...

Ok well what are the parameters I need to stay within once I get the API test kit?

I have a brackish tank that I keep at 1.010 and I just thought about the test strips today. I've been reading them off of the FW side out of habit. Should I read off the saltwater or should I do a mix?

Can someone give me some parameters I need to stay in? Thanks.

I read a couple places that a GSP will do that to avoid being eaten, because in fish logic, it's better to puff up and possibly die than to be eaten.

I read on a website that they can "puff up to twice their size if threatened". I know the GSP will almost always die if they ever puff up, but on the other hand, the porcupine puffer can do it all day long. So I was wondering if the F8 really can puff up or if it's likely to kill itself do...

Ok this is all helpful information. I've been thinking recently about selling off the fish in my tropical 55g tank and doing 2 brackish tanks. And maybe even turning the one with the GSP into a full marine, when she gets full grown...

I might have washed away the bacteria... I was trying to get the sand dust out of it. I tried not to wash the filter too hard...

I don't have an ammonia reader. I need to get one.

I always use water conditioner tho. To get rid of the chlorine? Right?

Yeah I was just thinking about doing a water change. About 20% or so?

I just took another good look at her and she's forming lumps on her back...? Not little white dots like ich, but she looks like the hunch back of notre dame.