The Puffer Forum

I popped into my local DIY shop one sunday morning in a bit of a hurry to get some playsand for substrate for my tank,grabbed 4 bags,got home and started to clean them and no matter how many times i washed i couldnt get rid of the frothy bubbles,thats when i decided id read the bags that i bought wh...

Double post..lol i had posted in another thread but i suppose it makes more sense in here... :D Ive just actually set up my 60 gallon tank with 3 huge African Land Snails in it to breed for my puffers although the other fish seem to love them too...I actually only set it up yesterday after visiting ...

Ive just actually set up my 60 gallon tank with 3 huge African Land Snails in it to breed for my puffers although the other fish seem to love them too...I actually only set it up yesterday after visiting my local LFS to pick up 3-400 baby snails that have just hatched which i was told a few weeks ag...

Have you a shrimp you could tempt him off the substrate? see how he reacts..a fish that eats is a healthy fish,whether puffer or not

I have overfead my puffers before on quite a few occasions and they sit on the substrate untill everything is digested before they are active again..mine do sit sleep on the sand though which is quite normal,if its strange for your GSP then i would be worried but if its happened before and like you ...

Excuse my not reading all this thread..sounds a little complicated,the tank is not cycled???? water change,water change,water change,water change,water change

Is your GSP in brackish water,if not then hes doomed...

There is 5 x 9 inch MBU's where i sometimes go and they are not in great conditions thats for sure..it is a shame and although i own MBU's i dont actually think any fish that grows to that sort of size should be sold unless there is proof that they will have the tank size required,even then i think ...

I have read that and im more than aware that keeping one is going to be a tough job but im in it for the long run..I took these fish out of a no bigger than a 20 inch,by 10 tank,there were bigger ones in the LFS in similar sized tanks,i have given them something they have already been missing and th...

Hello Puffas and Pufferettes...My name is Lee,nickname ,Shimmy... I have been keeping trpoical fish for 10 years plus now,ive had a 5 ft ,60 gallon tank for a few years now which has mainly had community fish... Rosy Barbs,Danios,albino shark,indian roseline shark and 2 angels,plus my two 4inch MBU'...