The Puffer Forum

I agree with PufferPunk they do find some interesting places to perch and sleep!

Hello puffthemagicdragon! With 180 litres you've got a good size tank, my recommendation would be 3 SAP's or South American Puffers, I've got 3 in a 150 litre and they and myself couldn't be happier! They are really active, inquisitive little guys each with big personalities and are very personal to...

thats why I was talking in litres!!! Tanks in this country are sold using both scales!

Hi Wills, You were mentioned a 30 gallon, as i'm a young brit gallons are too old school so i'm going to talk in litres! Assuming your tank is the smaller american gallon you've got 113 litres to play with! (Else with imperial gallons you've got a whacking 136 litres!) If thats the case (113L) I wou...

Thought I pass this on for anyone living in the UK with Colomesus Asellus (or any other puffer) that needs its teeth trimming! Anyone who lives in the UK will know that things are always a little more difficult and certainly a lot more expensive to do! So even with a diet of crunchy foods "Puff...

Well I rescued two of the SAP's and the two Loaches from a friend who was moving up north, i'm not sure exactly how long he had them together but I've known him for around 18 months and he'd had them before I knew him. & they joined my SAP (puffy), bristlenose and SAE's which i've had for about ...

Hi FahakaPufferFreak, I have three SAP's in a 40 Gallon, with one Bristlenose, two SAE's and two Khuli Loaches, with no problems, one particular puffer attempted to nip the Bristlenose only to be chased around the tank and be left cowering in a corner. I wouldn't trust them with any other type of fi...

I wasn't saying you could, I was saying what I had seen, from someone who I know and have had a lot of good advice and fish from over the years.

Hi Kell_Boy, I've seen SAP housed with Fire Eels and Grass Eels at my local LFS (who is quite a reputable guy so I would trust him) and he had no problems with them (I'm not saying it would be an ideal paring or that it would last forever). Where abouts in the UK are you? As here in Plymouth (which ...

I was using ICH as an example, I do introduce snails and shrimp into my tank as puffer food, these come from tanks with other fish in them so if any parasites are present and free swimming/floating more of them are eradicated and less exposure to the puffer. As the UV sterilizer cannot harm the fish...

I do have a UV sterilizer on my puffer the tank for two reasons My tank gets quite a bit of natural light so this keep the green water at bay Amazon puffers are prone to ICH While they do take good bacteria out of the water column they also take out all the nasty stuff in there a swell I would say t...

I would say that a lone SAP is certainly more nervous and nippy than those kept in a group! These fish do like to shoal especially at night!

I'd say get more than one if you have the space!

haha like it!

Yeah I read that they are difficult to keep hence why I only have two just to see! Very pretty tho!

Sorry we've hi-jacked this thread a little with shrimp but i hope it all helps!

I agree with you there, I do try to keep the water in the shrimp tank harder to try and harden them up - dunno if it works but i figured it can't do any harm!

I also have 2 red Bee shrimp in the tank but they are purely ornamental - check out how selfish I am! haha

I'm probably not going to get any fans here but I feed Red Cherry Shrimp (RCS) as they cost about £3 it is expensive to start them up but you claw if back if your successful and even sell a few! I'm picky as to what I let the puffer at. As not all RCS offspring are red (i've had quite a few clear/br...