The Puffer Forum

interesting..whats the SG supposed to be normally?

hey thanks for the info puffniko. i will definitely do two, perhaps even three or four h20 changes. i cant hurt right. the problem is that i don't have anything in there right now. basically it is a dead tank-nothing producing ammonia, etc. I'm kinda afraid to just plop new fish in there because the...

yeah this has definitely been the learning experience.knowledge is power and i wont let it happen anymore. i do have one question though, should i completely re-cycle my tank before putting new fish in?. of course do a large water change a few times to get the toxins out, but how should i go about t...

i had no idea about the stunting issue, thank you pufferpunk. i have definitely learned much about puffers in the last few months from being on this board, and am very sad to learn the hard lessons of puffer keeping. :( i came home to an empty tank tonight, and there are some ghost shrimp just cruis...

yeah that could be alot of fun. someo of the freshwater shrimp are really easy to keep/breed and come in beautiful colors.

i am sorry for your loss as well. sounds like you have your hands full at the moment.

thanks for your support everyone. he was in the 55 for about a year. before that he was in a 40gal. for about 2 years. it sucks because i was gonna get him a new tank in january. do you think that might have hurt his health, he was active and seemed happy. anyway, thanks again for your support, i am...

hey everyone. in my last post i had mentioned that i thought "Umlaut" my 3 year old fahaka puffer was ill. well, i dont know what was wrong but he did not make it through the night last night. i found him belly up in his cave this morning. i have tested all my water parameters and everythi...

yeah it was just a peice i missed during a water change. it moved under some rocks and it was there for a week maybe. i took it out right after i saw it. the thing is, i dont want to move around all the aquascaping everytime i do a change, guess ill have to look out more carefully. btw. my water cha...

hi everyone, i have a good question. can a puffer get food poisoning, or stomach problems? i think my fahaka ate a piece of decaying krill that was hidden under some rocks till i moved them. he is very dark and looks pissed :( should i try to feed him or not. i will do a h20 change of course, but an...

yeah i believe you are right RTR. i have heard of Takashi Amano using such things as yeast, baking powder and a 2 litter beverage bottle with a hose poke through it to create his first co2 injector. I'm no chemist, but these ingredients apparently create carbon dioxide.
nick

hey everyone,
i just wanted to know if its possible to get ich or any disease from introducing plants. i had never heard of this before. any info would be greatly appreciated.
thanks
nick

HOLY CRAP!!! that's one heck of a meal... poor pleco.

so, is it OK to leave a fahaka in a tank with a few other fish then? I currently have my fahaka- Umlaut in a tank with two firemouths. they dont seem to bother eachother but i was wondering if it could stress him out to have other fish in there? he just lays in his cave now.
nick

I'll get him started on mussels and snails asap. he doesn't have long teeth though, i hope this wont affect his eating then. any suggestion as how to get him started eating. he can be really finicky.
thanks
nick