The Puffer Forum

Recently I have noticed that my kH has been staying at about 4-5 dkH (4-5 drops using API test kit). I attempted to rectify this by buying a cheap bag of aragonite and put a reasonably large amount into my filter (yesterday), adding more would likely impact the flow rate of my filter. Today I have n...

Just wanted to update and say that my puffer which I've decided to name 'Blinkey', has finally decided to try bloodworms I feed using a pipette. Hopefully this is phase one of learning to associate me with food

Yeah, it has plenty of hides and seems to ignore the BBGs. It seems to be pacing far less often now, and I found him/her last night asleep on a plant leaf
So it's definitely more comfortable in the tank now, guess all that's left is getting used to my presence.

Thanks for that link. I guess I'm being too impatient, he/she did give a few nips at the shrimp, but I think that was out of sheer curiosity and not hunger. Maybe it'll get more interested in the next few days. I went to the LFS to buy a new nitrate kit (current one is almost empty), tested again ou...

Today I re-tested for everything amm. = 0, nitri. = 0 and nitra. still 0. This time I decided to whack the hell out of the 2nd bottle (for nitrates) for a whole 2 minutes on a tile floor... If that wouldn't do it, I don't know what will :) Very confused by this result, although it may have to do wit...

Using API liquid (freshwater) and yeah I have been following the instructions very closely. I even got the LFS to try and they got the same results.

So my tank (15.5 gal.) had been completely cycled for a few months now, and I have been keeping three BBGs. However, now I have finally acquired a figure eight puffer and have had him since Wednesday (15/04/2015) :D . I noticed it paces a lot in a single corner in the tank, and now I have decided it...

Just want to contribute to what RTR said by saying that indeed it is quite possible to breed F8s in captivity. Simply because not many hobbyists successfully breed this species in captivity, does not mean that it is beyond the hobbyist. A recent article by Doi et al. (2014), demonstrated successful ...

Thanks for the replies and good advice. And yes you were right in assuming I have started at 1.005 sg (sorry for not explicitly mentioning that). I guess I regret not starting out with FW and then transitioning to BW, as it does seem it takes longer for brackish tanks to become cycled. Nevertheless,...

Hi all, I am new to brackish setups and have recently started up a tank that is intended to house a single figure eight puffer and a couple of bumblebee gobys (which will be introduced first). Currently I am struggling to get this tank cycled, or even see the earliest indications of progress. I am d...