The Puffer Forum

wait wait.. my mom has a FW 10 gallon community tank thats been running w/ healthy fish for like 2 years. Could I take some of that tank water and put it in my tank to help cycle it faster ? =o

Ive got a 20 gallon thats been cycling for a few days. Im gonna get a figure 8 when its ready, but in the meantime do you think i could put a bumblebee gobie or 2 in the tank right now to help it cycle? or do they need a fully cycled tank?

Im going to do it!! Im going to go get a tank today hopefully. Its most likely going to be a 20 gallon because they dont make 15's here anymore, so hopefully that wont be too hard to maintain haha

J-P wrote:well having a little GF bowl snail breeder tank is easy and = free food

wait a minute,, goldfish bowl you say??? really?? elaborate please haha

i went to go get a tank for what was my furture F8, but I went to my lfs and got some information out of the lady that worked there. She has pet puffers of her own, and she kinda scared me out of getting one now. Im not 100% sure im ready to commit. I mean the water changes and tank levels would be ...

You need to cycle it until it's cycled. If you cycle with ammonia or food, it will take a couple weeks to a couple months. If you cycle by using the filter from an established tank, it should be instant. Now with this 'cycling with food' thing. Ive read where you can put fishfood into like a nylong...

Im finally getting my fishtank this thursday! Im so excited this is finally gonna happen after weeks of waiting for one haha. Then I have to cycle it for like a week right? (ill double check that right now actually) Yay :D Okay, so I know what sand im gonna get but what plants would you guys recomme...

Im sorry if this is the wrong section, pleasseee move it if it is ! xp Anyways, ive found a potential 15gal for my future figure 8. Its used and its only 35$ and comes with a pump and some decor (yes i will be buying all the other stuff lol) So, if say there was a fish with a disease that previously...

When i get my figure 8 imma call him/her Laguna, after my favourite beach. When i went there last summer I thought i was in heaven haha.

How would i go about doing that? Our only petstore in my small town is petland, so thats most likely where i will be getting mine from. I went there yesterday to go check them out (not to buy yet) and the lady told me that 'theyre freshwater fish and thats what theyre living in now." Well obvio...

Do you think thats okay? I have a 15 gallon, but I was just curious to what you all thought.

Hello again. Thanks for all your advice. I really want the figure 8, so I think thats what im gonna set my goal towards. I dont really do any after school activities and I dont have a job [yet], so i know I have plenty of time on my hands xD And I think the figure 8 will keep more more interested an...

I am in love with figure 8 puffer fish. However, i am debating between a dwarf and a figure8. If you were new to owning puffers, which would you choose? I love the size and marking of a figure8, but I like that a dwarf only needs a 5gallon lol.