The Puffer Forum

Cute pups posted here! My wife and I have our parrots. Many of them rescues. Some of them aren't so well off because of previous owners but others have really come around. We have two Sugar Gliders, not quite rescue but relinquished to us because the owners could no longer care for them optimally. T...

Bought my GSP "Spot" at full marine (.020). Was a young fish, 2" maybe. Currently the salinity is 0.018. I vary it a little between water changes, bringing it back up to .20 over a change or two. Sometimes a touch higher. S/He will be with us for eight years in March. Crazy active, bu...

I disagree they won't eat flake or prepared foods(pellet). My green spotted puffer is far from starved, I've had her for near 9 months now. Maybe she just trusts me but she eats anything I give her including peas. I supplement with lots of frozen/live foods as well so the prepared foods aren't a sta...

My first thought : I want it

My second thought : Yup its a ceylon

I have a bunch and they do excellent in my f8 tank.

I have 3 beauties, bought in FW and kept at 1.005 salinity over a period of a few weeks. They are very pretty! I love to watch 'em duel over blood worms! lol

Sorry to hear that,

My GSP Is evil! when I got him he had killed a fish and was eating it and chasing the rest of the fish all over the tank. I will never trust him with another fish lol.

ok thanks. so i have already used the stability, i have added gravel. i have ammonia here, but it has perfume in it... i read that article. very helpful, thanks. now my test kit, it should be here monday'ish. should i wait until then to start the ammonia?? im in no hurry on the GSP. I would not use...

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Heya! I have a mangrove slowly growing in my GSP tank. What I plan to do when it's bigger is open top the tank but cover it with acrylic :). Leaving holes for the mangrove to come out of and a space for my finger to go in when I need to open the top on up. If your really paranoid about the holes you...

Awww my little GSP "talks" to me as well. I think he's trying to tell me he wants to eat me? I swear he will follow my finger up and down but it doesn't seem in a friendly way 0_o. I'm kind of paranoid cleaning up the tank lol....

Mbu is my favorite puffer. One day my gf and I hope to have one. Many many years but hey .

I agree with fahaka being mean but there's some puffers that are much worse than others. Sometimes I swear dwarf puffers are some of the most aggressive FW puffers lol!

Hey Tammy, You shouldn't worry about offending your LFS. They work for you! If they do things you don't agree with you should bring it up with the manager. Talking to employees is USUALLY a lost cause. There are some excpetions of course. I haven't had good F8 luck either. I've had one die mysteriou...

Why not go with an acrylic top?

dwarfs IMO look better in a smaller tank, 20g or under.

Can you tell us what puffers you can get in your area?