The Puffer Forum

Should I get a female or a male dwarf puffer fish?
Which gender is more enjoyable to keep?

I have a local pond near my house and I know there is a infestation of snails in that pond, so can I use those snails to breed and than use the babies to feed to my puffer. Also how do you breed snails, and would this be considered "pond snails"?

Well right now he is in a 8 gallon but in a few days I will be moving him to a 30 gallon. His ph is alkaline and nitrates, nitrites, and ammonium are non-existant.

Can my puffer die to.boredom if it is boredom?

Sorry, I keep reading forums and care sheets and almost everytime a quote comes up cited to RTR. Can someone explain to me who RTR is?

I recently got my F8 puffer fish 2 days ago from a LFS which they sold in freshwater with a high ph. I picked the one that had a round white belly. I feed him some frozen bloodworms and mysis shrimp and snails today and he ate them in a snap. But I started noticing that he has been pacing up and dow...

If my puffer has parasites or bacterial infections hpow do I treat it?

Nope, I upgraded to a 55 gallon. How about the acclimation process and ghost shrimp?

Instead of feeding my puffer snails to wear down his teeth can I feed him clams and ghost shrimp? Also when acclimating him to a brackish water tank should I slowly increase the SG each week or can I just dump him into a fully brackish tank right from the store (store sells them in FW). Thanks.

Can I house only one figure 8 puffer in an 8 gallon biocube? It is only going to be the only fish in there.

I have an 8 gallon biocube and I really really want dwarf puffer fish. I was thinking about getting four dwarf puffer fish. With pool filter sand as a substrate and lots of fake plants. I have some questions: 1) Where can I buy the dwarf puffer fish? Walmart sells them cheap but they may be unhealth...