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Well I have been watching (very closely) a fahaka at one of my lfs's in hopes of buying when I move out and buy the appropriate sized tank. There is of course a catch..this fahaka has been in the same tank for over 6 months...no heater (water almost icey to the touch), 30 gallons (puffer is a good ...

Well, considering you only have 3 ornament type things in there it would be easy enough to figure out. Take out the rock and the pot, my guess is its the rock. Then give those fish some real decor, like plants, real or fake, give them something that can keep them busy! Hehe. The driftwood can affec...

So here's the tank...discuss :) http://www.thepufferforum.com/forum/ug.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=5227 Bottom left is my Silver Dollar, right under sitting on a worm on the substrate is my Mbu. As you can see he's got plenty of room in there for the time being. I have that piece of ...

If your tap water doesn't change after sitting out, I would start doing lots of frequent water changes to get your pH back down to "normal" and start taking the decor out one by one.. I wanted to do that, but i'm always afraid to do too much water changes...how much is too much? I usually...

Wait till you see a nice big poo and then think about feeding again. Try offering shelled peas and this will help give him some vegetation in his diet. Good point. You say you tested the sand, how did you do that exactly? I would put some in a cup with your tap water and a cup without sand next to ...

RTR wrote:I would doubt that a moderate collection of pond snail shell would boost the pH of an mbu's tank. The sand itself is the more likely culprit.

I tested the sand and no reaction. So nope that's not it.

Alright, time for an update. First off thanks GekkoGeck0 for the link, I appreciate. I found a guy here in Quebec that is working towards distributing blackworms to East Canada, so hopefully it works out and we can start getting some too :) He's supposed to let me know by the end of the month so I w...

Adding CC, will raise the pH. If anything, I'd add peat. I don't really understand the high pH, since your tap water isn't there. True, I don't understand either. Can fluctuation in pH be caused by Nitrates? I mean i'm usually around 10ppm, but it can go up to 20-25 before a water change, or if I h...

I would keep water changing and try the garlic fpr sure. When my Mbu got poorly and stopped eating the first thing he ate was a pea and then somew mussel. I hope you manage to rectify the problem, I know how helpless you feel. This is what I went through and Iwe managed to pull through. I wish you ...

Nick wrote:do you leave the shells from what he eats in the tank? They disolve gradually and increase the hardness, if they are building up quite a bit, that could be the source of the problem...

Nope I take them out, I knew about them raising the pH...

Go online to some of the cricket farms. A lot of them sell worms also. My puffs love crickets too! Mmm...If you're talking about blackworms thanks but that won't work...i'm in Canada. There are no such farms that I know of in Canada, and the ones in the US are not able to ship across the border. I ...

What is your pH out of the tap? If its much lower out of the tap I'd do more frequent, smaller water changes to avoid any sort of stress from that. But if its just as high out of your tap, I would rather see you try to lower it naturally instead of using chemicals. Something like using peat pellets...

First off, what are your ammonia, nitrite and nitrate readings? What are you doing to lower your pH and what is your pH, what is it normally? Telling us OK doesn't give us anything to go on. Have you tried a live nightcrawler? Are his teeth overgrown to the point that he can't eat? Alright, I did s...

Hi all. My Mbu puffer has not been eating for 2-3 weeks now, he is really skinny, lost a lot of weight, and I am afraid to lose him. Last week he had lost his good humor, would only stay on the sand in the bottom not coming up to me or food. Here are a few details: - Mbu is a baby, 3-4" max, - ...

Well my friend sees them pretty much year round in the UK. She crosses one every few months...which makes me even more jealous =)

I am sure there has got to be a better season for them...just yet have to find someone that actually knows hehe.