The Puffer Forum

most of the marine species i've observed at work (probably just a bunch of the same species, i'll try and figure out which one next time we get some in) spend most of their time nearly buried in the sand. i'm not sure most tobies....errm...tobys..well anyhow i'm not sure the would notice them unless...

i've been looking into marine horse shoes for awhile since the last time i saw some come in at work. i'll have to ask around and see what i can come up with. if i ask the wrong person they'll just acclimate marine species and double the price....i hate some dealers at times. though a BW horse shoe w...

i've been running into people at the LFS that i work at who've had tank crashes from the use of a algicide. i dont recomend them anymore instead i try to get them to break the cycle by cutting light or removing nutrients before they break down and try the chemicals. i'm not a big fan of chemicals in...

doing the melafix and pimafix and so far not really seeing an improvement, ill give it a couple more days and see how things look before switching out to the other meds. Doesnt look like its getting any worse which i suppose is a step in the right direction. after dinner tonight i'll be doing a wate...

Ok, normally i would feel confident with my ability to diagnose a fish related problem but lately i've been rusty at it. It also involves a fish my girlfriend and i are horribly attached too. Our humpback puffer Fred has what appears to be a whitish fuzz forming on him, just behind the pectoral fish...

Oh yeah...ich being parisitic needs a host...no host for 2-3 weeks = tank with no ich. Fungus on the other hand is ever presents as are some other problems. As i've learning over and over at work, "it just takes one damn drop of water, wet finger or pass with an unclean net to infest a tank&quo...

sory to hear about you Fig 8....i was heart broken when my first one passed away. They are cute little fellows and perfectly sized for most tanks. Does plainfield still have the red eye puffer he's been there for months and i'm sure needs a home. Ask Greg he'll probably cut a deal to get it outa his...

ah but is it spoken correctly ....after all american english mutilates pretty much everything

jason

i've been cursed with that since i started keeping fish. i just do my best and most people figure out what i'm busy mutilating. doenst help me that lately it seems that every time i turn around they are reclassifyign africans and poof its back to am i look in this damnable TFH book for Haplochromis....

I was wondering about niger triggers later on with my ceylons but i adore my ceylons way too much to risk them with a tempermental trigger. Right now they are doing great with their GSP buddies picking food outa the caulerpa bed. Jason PS the picasso at the store i work at is a real piece of work he...

I would have to second that the shrimp would make merry on a puffer in no time flat if it got in range. how ever that would somewhat biased depending on if the shrimp was comfortably relaxed in the tank or just recently dumped in and trying to learn and adust to everything new when the puffer attack...

Mine are in full marine now and they behave more or less the same, they do spend more time searching through the caulerpa for tidbits but if i havent fed them lately they they will get sulky.

speaking of which they are making i clear they want a shrimp.

Jason

I hope your little fellow come around

i work at VI on division and i'll be toddling around tomorrow at work we did just get some larger than average looking blue legs in i'll try to get a good look at them after i chase the vac around tomorrow. Should be busy as heck so i wont be doing many projects (aka cleaning) but i'm going to do my...

I've not had much luck with low salintiy hermit crabs myself, though i suppose it doesnt matter since my Ceylons are in marine conditions now and would rapidly dismantle any crab i put in there. i'm thinking about using a divider in my 55 gallon and using snails/crabs to clean up one side at a time ...

i recently raised the salinity in my ceylon tank high enough to support caulerpa algae and lately they've been amusing themselves poking around the algae looking for bits of missed food and generally being nosey.

jason