The Puffer Forum

That's a figure 8. Different than the Green Spotted, but commonly mistaken for them. Even by shops. Sometimes you'll find a Ceylon in with GSP's, although this doesn't happen nearly as often as I wish it would. Out here, they seem to throw Ceylons in with F8s and label them as "jumbo." Si...

They're loving that good invigorating water change! Fun pics.

I've been looking for Irrubescos (commonly called red eye red tails) for AGES. No luck. They occasionally come up on Aquabid, but I haven't seen any there in over a year. I have 3 different LFS keeping an eye on their ordering sheets for me too. No luck so far, and I'd accept almost any red eye vari...

I am soooo jealous and totally hate your guts. I mean that in the nicest possible way, of course.

Awwww, I thought at first you were taking off on a bike trip! Bummer. All good thoughts.

Awesome! Crazy puffer kept puffing though! You would think it would have figured out that the diver was not a threat but was merely trying to help. I'm not sure I'd credit puffers with that level of intelligence. Whales and dolphins, yes (I've seen videos where they appear to understand humans are ...

Pufferpunk wrote:Ghost shrimp are basically no nutrition, unless gut-loaded.

I thought RTR said ghost shrimp ARE nutritious? That it's only brine shrimp that aren't?

Now I'm going to be checking the cruddy back tank corners at every LFS I go to. If you found a Fangs, I'm going to simultaneously be thrilled for you and unbelievably jealous!

I.Puff.Too wrote:Also, make sure they're small enough. They should be about the size of the puffer's eye.

To eat whole, yes. But when crushed, even larger snails are suitable puffer food.

Great sellers of ramshorns on eBay. I got enough there to start my own little snail colony.

Your GSP is ADORABLE!

Yep, crushing has always worked for my puffs. They still chomp on things enough to get the benefit of the shell's crunch factor. I collect my snails into a small tupperware and use the back of a spoon to crush them. Gross, but effective.

Goodness, PC. Is that the same GSP from your avatar???

RTR wrote:Many clownfish are at least potentially killers

So: Not like Nemo, huh?

I've never had a DP or an F8 not go nuts for live blackworms.

My DP was shy like that when I first got her. It took her a couple weeks to fully relax and settle in. IIRC my F8s were like that at the beginning too. You'll have a busy little puffer greeting you at the glass soon.

Full-grown nerites are usually fine with F8s.