The Puffer Forum

We have been trying a few corals with our GSP (picking up damaged or tiny frags) so far so good. We have a brain coral that seems to be doing really well and treated with no interest at all. Mushroom also seem to be doing well opening up really full all the time with no visible bite marks. We got so...

I personally agree with the flow of opinion that the geographical separation of the two species would prevent hybridization, however I think it is important to note there are certain crosses between different species which will produce fertile offspring. The most common I was able to find is the off...

The article on genoscope.cns.fr was very interesting. Thanks for sharing that!

Right now we feed market shrimp and individually frozen silversides. Dentistry is not much of an issue with these guys, so there isn't the vital need for super crunchy foods like with other puffers. I have heard of some people getting their Congos to eat mollusks but I haven't tried ours on any cock...

I tried to breed snails in with our Congo, it failed. She hunted the 6 starter Ramshorns I dropped in there within 36hrs. Crayfish they will eat, but our particular puffer is not one to fight for her food. I had to scare the cray right in front of her before she would eat it. Just like any other puf...

I thought when determining differentiation of species one of the key components was the ability to successfully breed within a species and any cross-breeding outside of species would result in sterile offspring/no offspring. Is the idea they are being purposefully cross-bred for appearances much lik...

The eye spot is distinct from her other spots. It glows a blueish on a regular basis when she is a dark color.

Ok, I am not sure if what we got is a Monotrete cochinchinensis or Monotrete turgidus. We are still working on getting some better photos, but have a few. She is very active during the day; for the most part she swims the tank most of the day and then settles down for the night. The store had it lis...

Awesome! Thanks everyone! I'll have to inform Peaches she is a super star now!

With puffers I think it is always better if you can see them first. Very few fish stores know or care about puffer care and many seem to be kept in less than adequate conditions. F8's are pretty common in the trade right now it seems, I think you will be able to find them around with relative ease. ...

Wow just the difference in color too. He is looking amazing. Glad he has spunked up so well for you and is fattening up nicely!

I'm not sure exactly what these are, but we had a GSP with the same infection and showed the same symptoms. Personally I would try treating with Discus Wormer Plus or PraziPro. Both of these medications are for parasites in general. If he is still eating I'd soak the food as well as add the dosage t...

We must have been quite lucky. I'm pretty sure the LFS we picked her up from had been housing her for nearly a month, so maybe they did most of the hard part for me, or maybe my Peaches was so tired of them trying to force her to eat blood worms she just jumped at the opportunity for silversides and...

With the bright red congo's how much color variation are they able to change. I really love the tanish ones. I know it is the only one I've ever had, but she is able to make such drastic changes to her coloration it is amazing. Most of the time now I'd call her an "orangish" and I think Li...