The Puffer Forum

Well I really don't want to give him brain damage

J-P wrote:If I can find a little baggie, I might be able to send you some. If it is a larger amount I could sell some.

Of the clove oil or the new recomended stuff?

He's never been one to sit still for a camera so I doubt I could get such a detailed pic, both little puffers I have are still only an inch and a tiny bit long. One just uses its teeth more than the other.

So far he can still eat but they are getting pretty long, so how much clove oil do I add to 1 cup of water?

My 1 figure eight puffers teeth are getting way to long because he can get the snails I'm giving him without having to touch the shells. I really don't want to have to cut his teeth myself so is there anything else I can try? Maybe a different type of snail, right now I've been trying ram horn snail...

Thanks so much awesome site it cleared a lot up so I got an apple snail for a $0.50 haha great deal... silly LFS though.

I jut recently set up my own puffer tank so I'm not an expert but I'd move them into the 15/20 gal as soon as you can but keep the 5gal going so it'll still be ready for the move, just make sure the temperatures and salt amount are the same and the puffers wont notice the difference while they are o...

I did some reading and I am not sure still how TDS completely applies to what I was asking but I now know it is total disolved inorganic compounds in the water. The special carbon in my filter takes out harmful metals so thats not a problem. Are you guys reffering to simply GH and KH? and what is th...

Pufferpunk wrote:No, not the same at all.

Okay so do you mind explaining it please? Or pointing me in the right direction?

Does anyone know how to tell the difference between a younge mystery snail and an apple snail? I sure can't

Okay thanks, is aragonite readily available in most LFS stores? We dont have it at the one I work at. I've been looking all over :( Isnt Total Dissolved solids the same as specific gravity in brackish and marine tanks. I've always known total disolved solids to be a freshwater reading, I'm new to th...

It's def not corkscrew, I had some of that but the snails destroyed it. No worries about the tank cycling anymore, I didnt include the ammonia readings because they spiked and then went to 0ppm like they were supposed to, my only problem was nitrites. So does marine salt by itself make a brackish ta...

Oh wow! In the last 10 hrs my nitrites have dropped from 2.0 all the way down to 0.25! I guess I did do it all right. So another question though I need to increase my pH and make the water harder. Could I do this by adding aragonite into my other filter?

Haha sooooooo cute! Sounds like yours as an awesome little personality. I've heard you can train them simple tricks like puppies with treats lol. Can't wait to get my puffer

Is it possible the puffer was still chewing on the bloodworms or had just swollowed them and when you moved the little guy he got scared and spit them out? Lots of animals do this when they are scared just after eating. As long as his belly is white I dont think he's sick, I've seen a figure eight t...