The Puffer Forum

Congrats on the new puffer. Let us all know what you name it After a bit of observation, I've decided to name "him" Eager Edgar. This is because everything this fish does - eat, swim, greet, etc - is done with such unabashed eagerness. No hesitancy in this particular fish! Every move he m...

I bought a South American Puffer today. Very excited about having this guy/gal! Very cute fish. Added to my tank about three hours ago, and has already eaten frozen bloodworms. Good sign. As I have only a 15 gallon tank, and because I don't want to deal with adding salt to my tank, this is the only ...

Mine only ate live food - very small pond snails and live blackworms. I tried training them to eat the frozen bloodworms, never caught on. I often wonder if they would have gone with the frozen had I not introduced the live food first.

I bought it at a place called That Fish Place. Not to badmouth them though... looked like a really good operation.

Ack. Today I called a LFS that I'm not familiar with, but seemed to have a good reputation. I asked if they had Figure 8's in stock. "Yes", I was told. So I drove there, was shown the "F-8" tank, and I asked them if they were Figure 8's. Again, I was told "Yes". I wish ...