The Puffer Forum

I have found tiny pin prick wounds or small scratches may present with stinging and itching, rather than outright pain. I recently acquired quite a few while squeezing through a rather sharp mass of stone. As my body is in a state of equilibrium with my surrounding waters, I do not believe their sal...

The hundred gallon measure is for the puffer alone. Were you to run a very large sump, a fifty-five gallon perhaps, and design it such that the majority of its water volume is used, the bioload aspect might work out in a seventy-five gallon aquarium. Still, the space available for your puffer to exp...

It would really depend on the variety of fresh-water puffer you choose for the tank. Several of my cousins would fare quite well in an aquarium of that volume, but they are not varieties known for their tolerance of intruders upon their protected territories, so other fish are likely out of the ques...

We are born in the bays at full marine conditions, and return their throughout our lives. We can easily be harmed by maintaining too low a specific gravity in a tank as we age, but marine is acceptable to all ages. However, your technological water circulation and purification systems for marine sys...

Such an adorable child! I'm sure the little one will thrive under your care.

Not my staple cuisine, for the most part, but there is the occasional indulgence. A handful of times a season either a fry or a fish so small it's hardly more than one will mistake my careful movements and fail to flee in time. A fine bite sized treat, but too rich, I fear I'd eat myself right into ...

Yes of course that is true; we are in agreement. I feel I may have been obfuscous - certainly length and breadth are superior to depth if one is for some reason limited by the overall volumetric capacity of the container, but if those measures are as they are, additional height dilutes our wastes st...

While our feces are often tinted such as to reflect the foods we have been eating, black or brown are common shades irregardless of the constituents of our dinner. I would consider this a sign of good digestion.

I would be quite pleased with the 39 gallon tank, the length offers me more territory and swimming space for exercise, not to mention more space for complexities. I do so enjoy complexities. The old tank as a sump would add precious water volume, keeping me more comfortable. I would say, though, if ...

My cousins would not appreciate the use of PolyGuard. Many of its contents are hard on our pristine, scaleless bodies, and its use is likely fully superfluous in any case. Praziquantel would be helpful if they show signs of tapeworm or other flatworm infestation. Unless these new puffers appear very...

My spot patterns do not determine my "quality," they vary quite a bit between us by our nature. Evolution is a far cry from the harsh, demanding judge of fitness your Discovery and Animal Planet channels portray: The truth is that in nature, anything that works well enough to keep one aliv...