The Puffer Forum

I know vita-chem is available over here, I ordered mine off eBay

@ Pufftastic my puffers are about the same size as yours, there was a little red mark where he'd got me. I'm just glad he didn't hang on cos I flung my arm out quite quick, I could of ended up with the first flying F8 lol. My Congo has been bugged by the snails since I put them in the tank, it was q...

I received my first puffer bite today, right on my elbow and wow it hurt :shock: I haven't trusted my Figure Eights since the first water change, when my fingers became of huge interest to them but I got distracted today and in for the kill they went. Then I noticed one of my Apple snails right next...

Donna, I've been contemplating the same thing, actually. Of course I want a healthy puffer first, but it seems like there could be a happy medium in there. Where did you get the wood? I'm looking to find my own pieces like I did for my DP tank, but no luck yet. I read that thread again that I quote...

Thanks :D Kc, I've been doing a bit more reading on plants and brackish water and found posts asking the same question on Tropical fish forums- they were asking if they could just put the plants in brackish water, and was advised to plant in fresh water then raise the sg Quote "your plants will...

Nice look! I have horrible luck with live plants and gave them up years ago, so I'm always impressed when someone can keep plants alive. How big is your tank? Ummmm...... The tanks only had plants in it for just over a week now so watch this space as to whether they stay alive lol, it's just under ...

Donna, I LOVE it! Did you get the driftwood in those shapes, or did you fasten multiple pieces together? They look great, and the java fern is place perfectly. Is that just regular java fern? (I know it's not Windelov or Trident, but I can't tell past that.) And I assume that is some sort of val? T...

I've just sent a picture but I still don't know how to size it, sorry

Just thought I'd share a pic of the tank, I've finally placed the plants and next week I'll start adding salt to get to 1.005(very slowly). Let me know what you think
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that around the mouth seems fungal. Clean water, a good source of food and it might pull through without meds. Thanks J-P but that puffer died the same evening I first posted, whatever it was it took him quick. The shop kindly gave me a replacement the following day, and I was advised on here to tr...

Just an update to say everyone is still doing great and am waiting for the Kusuri plus wormer to arrive, am not 100% sure they have ip's but better safe than sorry. I forgot to ask how long I should be doing the salt treatment for?

When I was looking for f8's that's all I saw was gsp, my husband was telling me to get 3 of them instead!!! I told him that if he wanted to spend a huge amount of money on a big enough marine set up then I was willing to spend the time caring for them. He soon changed his mind lmao

He's probably a little unsettled after having his tank rearranged, you got loads more going on in your tank than I have for my Congo and as they are similar I would say its not to do with amount of plants or decorations. Has he settled down yet?

Hey Donna how are the other two doing? The other 2 seem fine at the moment so fingers crossed. My husband made me ring the fish shop on the Monday morning and they offered me a replacement, I was thinking of sticking with the 2 remaining but after discussing it with hubby we went to collect him. So...

Thanks everyone, this is the part of fish keeping that really sucks I just can't get over how quick it all happened!!!