The Puffer Forum

I was moping about contemplating weather I should get a schoutedeni or Poa Bailey and I didn’t feel happy about either. 3 years I have desperately searched for my irrubesco, and had more heartbreak and let downs than all my Xs gave me in one! Out of nowhere I check eBay. There they are. 3 irrubesco ...

In the first photo he’s got a male Lorteti look to his face and body shape, however yeah- little dude looks to be a cutcuia. A very lovely one at that, never seen such thick, dark red edging in the tail- usually it’s a thinner line of red! Plus the pattern on the forehead is a good tell! How big is ...

Depends if the Kangaroo fights back, I bet there'd be loads of lions that wouldn't want to take on a full grown 6' male Red Kangaroo in his prime. I've seen a documentary where 1 lion killed and ate a Honey Badger, I've seen another documentary where a mother Honey Badger successfully fought off a ...

As I stated earlier... they don’t exhibit traits their natural food does. And again, they aren’t a cleanup crew, they are picky as hell. One of the first things we learn as puffer Keepers issss?!?! They are a specialty fish who’s behavior and specified needs must be worked around and anticipated. Ex...

Thanks PP, I agree. OK, they don’t eat them bc they don’t exist in their natural habitat. DPs are picky, and are never known as the “eat all cleanup crew”. PLUS planaria, TRUE REAL planaria isn’t a free swimming worm, so the DPS don’t mistake it for bloodworms etc, they’re very smart fish as most pu...

I’ll follow the rules this time! Temp:76/77*F Am:0 Nitri:0 Nitra:30ppm PH:8 GH:250 KH:89.5 Tank:29G with Aqueon Canister @ 200gph, sand substrate with no plants. Inhabitants: 1 Miurus puffer (at least 3yo, was a rehome from a place where he was well cared for. He definitely has been treated for IPs ...

Erich. I gotta stop the fight. DETRITUS worms are from over feeding. Planaria are thick flatfish red worms and they aren’t naturally found in tanks. I rescue and rehab, have done it since my first fish, and they CAN hurt little fish. http://www.aquarium-pond-answers.com/2007/03/trematodes-and-nemato...

I would love to get a “home bred” schoutedeni, how absolutely incredible!!! Please let us know how it goes, and don’t be afraid to ask questions- rearing puffer fry can be harder then raising human kids (well, keeping them alive until they’re Juvis anyway 🤣)! Got any pics, who doesn’t love babies (e...

What a cutie. It’s a lady dwarf puffer/pea puffer: Carinotetraodon Travancoricus, one of the very few sexually dimorphic puffs (can tell the sex’s apart). Males have tell-tale wrinkles behind their eyes, they’re more iridescent lines that look like wrinkles- but the absence of the wrinkles in additi...

Pp is right- parameters are big, include GH and KH please. Sounds to me like he has IPs and is shedding his slime coat. With all internal issues, it must be treated from within, and it sounds like you’re treating the water (which FW fish don’t ingest or drink their water like salt fish do) and that ...

PPs right, other than that- it’s Pipette force feeding meds. And to be very honest, unless the DP is full grown, and even then... it’s a gamble and is hard with mouths and feedings that small. Not impossible, just hard work.

I apologize for the late reply, I didn’t see your post! I personally do keep many different species of FW puffer! I have a couple C. Travancoricus (pea puffs like yours), P. Cochinchinensis (fangs puffer), T. Miurus (potatoe puffer), and a P. Palembangensis (Dragon or humpback puffer- who’s actually...

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c240/leahcole/6B35E550-E279-4CB8-8A23-D52BAEA9D22F_zpsw78iakka.jpeg http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c240/leahcole/9BA275E1-362A-430A-BDA9-034A5A44C06F_zpsxtbiggsj.jpeg I am so excited I couldn’t help but share...after seeing Jack, he always made me want a Miurus....

Also, you must get that Amonia down. Puffs are extremely sensitive to nitrites and ammonia and should not be put into a tank that isn’t cycled: I would do a 50% water change ASAP and get some SeaChem stability. Keep up the water changes

1.) source? Where did they come from 2) treated for parasites?? If so what did you use and how 3.) are you 100% it’s the eye, it almost looks look a parasite coming out the gills. External and internal parasites are very common in puffers, especially wild caught. I have peas as well and I KNOW how h...