The Puffer Forum

I've been thinking of maybe getting a porcupine puffer. Currently in my 55(yes I know it's small and I plan to upgrade next summer)I have three Koralia's one at 240gph and the other two at 750 gph. I've got about 50lbs of live rock in the tank. Is this too much flow for a Porc and do they tend to ge...

Well tonight when I got home from work he was dead unfortunately. I was going to keep him in a 55 gallon for about a year and then upgrade to a larger tank. Thanks for all the help. I've definitely learned a bit from this. I still think I'd like another puffer someday.

How much live rock is necessary for a 55 gallon aquarium?

Also I don't have a hospital tank, but I could set a small one up so that I could used some sort of medicine in the tank. Or could I use medicine in the tank if I just seperate them. Would medicine harm the other fish? If medicine would be good what medicine is recommended?

The only thing that I can think of that he wouldn't be that healthy is because he hasn't yet ate in my tank and it's been almost a week. I've tried silversides, clams, shrimp, krill.

I will check the water quality when I get home from work. Why not a canister filter for a saltwater tank?

I've got live rock in the tank. I have a protein skimmer and currently I have the filter off so that he won't get sucked in again. I just got him last tuesday and he wasn't eating at all yet. I had the cover on the end of the intake tube. I'll get the egg crate today and see if that helps at all. I'...

So should I just let the tang loose with the puffer or could I keep the tang in the net overnight until I can get the egg crate?

Well I put the yellow tang in a small net cage thing that hangs from the side of the tank. Will this hurt the yellow tang or can he be in this netting for a day?

I found my porcupine puffer stuck in my magnum filter today. I quick shut the filter off and he got of, but he's not using his tail fin at all. He's still swimming around, but I just don't know what to do. Should I just put him out of his misery or is this something that they can live with? Also my ...

I've tested the water and it's fine. He's out swimming around now that I have my lights off and he tried a couple of times at the silver sides by biting them, but not eating them. Once the silver sides hit the bottom then he's not interested. Tankmates are a auriga butterfly, blue and yellow tang. H...

I've seen this question listed, but I haven't found much to work yet. I tried to feed him Krill and now I've learned not to do that. I have also tried silver sides and clams. I've heard of this galic thing. How is this done? Just crush up garlic and soak the food in it for a while and throw it in th...