The Puffer Forum

If you can find some of the little live black worms, they love them. Most aquarium shops have them. They are really cheap and you need to keep them refrigerated, but I've never had a puffer that didn't love them. They last a couple of weeks in the refrigerator.

What's the name of store and where's it located?

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I have a new figure eight named Squeegee. I'll post photos soon, if he will ever stop going up and down the glass....up and down the glass.....up and down the glass.

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The puffers are selling for a $1.99 and they probably have 15 or 20. I don't want to buy something that needs to go full marine, or is too big for my current tank. I'll try to get photos.

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I just wanted to thank everyone for their support, but my shakey f8 passed on tonight. He was swimming around begging for food before I left for dinner and when I went to feed him when I got home, he was floating. All my water parameters were perfect, and his appetite was always great. He just never...

Thanks RTR....Austin is a city with lots of limestone everywhere.

I know that many LFS keep the brackish fish in freshwater. Do the wholesalers ship brackish fish in brackish water, or freshwater? Just curious........thought you might know.

I use Kent. Is Prime better? RTR, here are some numbers I pulled off our city water report. I'm sure you will understand them more than me. These are the averages: Chloramines(mg/l) 2.01 Halocetic acids(ppb) 23.2 Nitrate(ppm) .08 Fluoride(ppm) .99 Calc(ppm) 13.0 Chloride(ppm) 36.9 Sodium(ppm) 19.0 p...

I found it a little strange about the tap water. I've just noticed a real strong smell in the water and decided to do some baseline tests on it. I need to check with my neighbors and see if they have noticed it. I don't think it is the problem with my F8. I really believe the transition to brackish ...

He was in freshwater at the LFS and I bought him the day after he arrived. I noticed a very slight rise in ammonia on Wednesday and did a 50% water change and added Marineland White Diamond Ammonia neutralizing crystals to my filter. I'm on city water and the ammonia is really high in tap water righ...

I set up a 29 gallon tank just over a week ago for a single F8. It has crushed coral substrate and an emperor HOB filter. It was cycled with Bio-Spira. Ammonia - 0 Nitrites -0 Nitrates - 0 PH - 8.0 Temp. - 80 F8 is being fed blood worms, krill, raw shell-on shrimp pieces and snails. He has a great a...

Is their any type of rock (limestone, river rock, slate....) that should not be used in a brackish tank? Also, can you use silk plants normally used in flower arrangements for aquarium plants?

Thanks...

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Thanks so much. I have been reading every article on this forum for weeks, preparing for this tank. I have a 92 gallon with cichlids and a 15 gallon with several dwarf puffers. I had originally planned to put 2 f-8's in this tank, but the two didn't seem to get along that well at the LFS, so I decid...

I'm setting up a 29 gallon tank for a figure-8. It has an emperor 280 filter and crushed coral substrate. I rinsed the crushed coral repeatedly and drained before putting it into the tank, but my water is extremely cloudy. I've only set up freshwater tanks, so I'm not familiar with this product. Doe...