The Puffer Forum

I have a couple of Figure 8 puffers for a year or so kept in brackish water (1.005 – 1.008 usually) with some bumble-bee Gobies. I feed mixture of bloodworm, shrimp (live), prawn, squid, and live Ramshorn snails from my breeding tank. All the frozen food I give to the puffers I add a vitamin supplem...

I bought it off ebay for 75.00 (inc stand and loads of stuff) had no problems so far :) the tank has been great no leaks or issues had it now for about 3 or 4 months. The U3 filter is great and easy to get to grips with. I was gonna get rid of the skull uptil the BBG's moved in and made it home, the...

Just some pics of my tank. Tank1: Brackish (1.005-1.008) 2 x Figure-8 Pufferfish 4 x Bumble Bee Gobies 10 x River/Glass Shrimp Fluval U3 Filter Fluval 100W Heater 2 x 15W T5 Tank has a mixture of real and silk plants, with more on the way to fill it up and cover the heater and filter. Also more wood...

My Kusuri Wormer Plus was delivered today, I know how much to put into the water but how much do I need to treat the food with (they are only about 1.5" long puffers). Also how long do I keep treating for (the packet says one dose take 4 days) so should I dose the tank once and then feed soaked...

My two figure-8's bite everthing that comes into the tank (including my hand and the siphon tube)

You gotta love puffers they are the best pets ever

I have ordered the Kusuri Wormer Plus and should get it in the next few days. Also full stocked up on a range of foods krill, bloodworm, chopped mussel, chopped cockels and am now looking for a good source of ramshorns on ebay. Hopefully that will give them a better balanced diet :) I will start the...

The interpet meds you are using are not going to kill internal parasites, if it is intended for internal bacteria? You can easily get the Jungle Fizz tabs shipped over here - I got some on e-bay. I use Atvitol liquid (JBL) to soak all frozen foods in for extra vitamins for my GSPs. Cheers, I will g...

Sounds good :) Hopefully someone from the UK can recommend a medication based on what's available locally. I've used the Jungle Fizz tabs but I don't believe they are available in the UK. I heard 'jungle fizz tabs' menioned before but I have never seen any in my LFS so I think you are correct in sa...

I currently have Interpet No.9 Anti Internal Bacteria Treatment (I dont know if its any good).

Food is been soaked in a vitamin solution.

I gotta go shopping this weekend to get more food for the puffers and to beef up their diet. Only had bloodworm this week to feed them.

I currently have two figure-8's on their own in my brackish 40gal (1.005-1.008) set up tank which has been set up and running fine for 3 months without any problems. The tank was fishless cycled before I got the puffers months ago and all readings are fine, I have a API master test kit. The tank has...

Here's a link for you: http://www.fishforums.net/index.php?/topic/143235-planting-brackish-aquaria/ Certain species of Cabomba and Bacopa will grow but you will probably have to dose more ferts than you would in a FW tank. Ceratopteris thalictroide (which I think is Indian Water Fern) should grow n...

Your bog wood will be absolutely fine in that salinity I've got some in my F8 and mudskipper tanks. Many plants will survive in low brackish conditions, which species have you got? I’ve got some Cabomba, Bacopa, Indian water fern(but thats not doing to well at the moment) Java Moss and some ‘mud ba...

Hi, Need some help with my set up, its a long story but here it goes. Got my Tank 24 US GAL (90LTR) which I set up and cycled as a freshwater planted tank (I was orginally gonna set up as brackish from the start but my missus said she wanted bright colourful fish like tetras etc but I wanted a Figur...

I am new too but form waht I undersand dont net the puffer as he may puff up and die as a result they need to be moved in water. I am in the process of getting the bits and bobs together for my brackish tank, I plan to keep a single figure of 8 with maybe (big maybe) some gobies, snails etc. What I ...

Cheers guys,

I will get just the one, so it can live a long and happy life