You know you spend too much time here when...
- ~reefchik~
- Green Spotted Puffer
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2 F8s 20g planted brackish
Cherry shrimp/snails 10g planted
2 Golden Retrievers
1 African Grey
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You know you spend too much time here when...
You dream you went to Walmart and bought all their little GSPs

~Steph~
- xrayjeeper83
- Mbu Puffer
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Abei named Huey
GSP named Bacon - Location (country): USA
- Location: Orange Park, FL
Re: You know you spend too much time here when...
hahaha
RTR wrote:Fahakas do not have tank mates, they may have swimming food reserves.
- JRC3
- Fahaka Puffer
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F8 (46g)
4-DP(29g) - Location (country): U.S.
- Location: S.W. OH
Re: You know you spend too much time here when...
Did you pick up some aquarium salt and flake food while you where there.
(Don't make me post my Walmart GSP "care details" pic. 'Cause I'll do it!)
(Don't make me post my Walmart GSP "care details" pic. 'Cause I'll do it!)
There are many knowledgeable fish keepers on this forum willing to help and give great advice...The advice is free; What you choose to do with it gives it value.
- sparks42
- Figure 8 Puffer
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- My Puffers: Green Spotted Puffer named Chomper!
- Location: London Ontario Canada
Re: You know you spend too much time here when...
Yay puffer dreams!
i dream about my puffer all the time.
one time i dreamt he was a bee, and he was hovering like 1.5 feet away from my head, and then he went too far and i felt uncomfy like he was going to get away but he came back
and i also had a dream that i had a tank full of puffers, and i found my current puffer dead and dried out, and i put him in the tank with all the other puffs and he came back to life an i was worried that the other ones would attack him...
My friend said she once had a dream that my puffer puffed and filled up the whole tank !
i dream about my puffer all the time.
one time i dreamt he was a bee, and he was hovering like 1.5 feet away from my head, and then he went too far and i felt uncomfy like he was going to get away but he came back
and i also had a dream that i had a tank full of puffers, and i found my current puffer dead and dried out, and i put him in the tank with all the other puffs and he came back to life an i was worried that the other ones would attack him...
My friend said she once had a dream that my puffer puffed and filled up the whole tank !
- ~reefchik~
- Green Spotted Puffer
- Posts: 403
- Joined: Tue Apr 13, 2010 12:17 am
- Gender: Female
- My Puffers: 1 Marbled Congo 30g X-high FW (fake) mangrove biotope
2 modestus in 20gplanted FW tank
1 male irrubesco 20g community planted FW tank
2 F8s 20g planted brackish
Cherry shrimp/snails 10g planted
2 Golden Retrievers
1 African Grey
1 Crazy cat - Location (country): Ohio, USA
- Location: Ohio, US
- Contact:
Re: You know you spend too much time here when...
Ok...I double-dog dare ya. Do it.JRC3 wrote:Did you pick up some aquarium salt and flake food while you where there.
(Don't make me post my Walmart GSP "care details" pic. 'Cause I'll do it!)
~Steph~
- ~reefchik~
- Green Spotted Puffer
- Posts: 403
- Joined: Tue Apr 13, 2010 12:17 am
- Gender: Female
- My Puffers: 1 Marbled Congo 30g X-high FW (fake) mangrove biotope
2 modestus in 20gplanted FW tank
1 male irrubesco 20g community planted FW tank
2 F8s 20g planted brackish
Cherry shrimp/snails 10g planted
2 Golden Retrievers
1 African Grey
1 Crazy cat - Location (country): Ohio, USA
- Location: Ohio, US
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- JRC3
- Fahaka Puffer
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- My Puffers: F8(55g)
F8 (46g)
4-DP(29g) - Location (country): U.S.
- Location: S.W. OH
Re: You know you spend too much time here when...
~reefchik~ wrote:Ok...I double-dog dare ya. Do it.JRC3 wrote:Did you pick up some aquarium salt and flake food while you where there.
(Don't make me post my Walmart GSP "care details" pic. 'Cause I'll do it!)

Oh no...Not the "double-dog dare".
Same simple Wally pic as before.

There are many knowledgeable fish keepers on this forum willing to help and give great advice...The advice is free; What you choose to do with it gives it value.
- xrayjeeper83
- Mbu Puffer
- Posts: 4167
- Joined: Thu May 06, 2010 9:31 pm
- Gender: Male
- My Puffers: Fahaka named Bloat
Abei named Huey
GSP named Bacon - Location (country): USA
- Location: Orange Park, FL
Re: You know you spend too much time here when...
I think Im going to get out my extra 10g tank to put one in. Also going to get 3 gourami's, 5 corys, and a dozen barbs. Walmart told me they would all fit
RTR wrote:Fahakas do not have tank mates, they may have swimming food reserves.
- ~reefchik~
- Green Spotted Puffer
- Posts: 403
- Joined: Tue Apr 13, 2010 12:17 am
- Gender: Female
- My Puffers: 1 Marbled Congo 30g X-high FW (fake) mangrove biotope
2 modestus in 20gplanted FW tank
1 male irrubesco 20g community planted FW tank
2 F8s 20g planted brackish
Cherry shrimp/snails 10g planted
2 Golden Retrievers
1 African Grey
1 Crazy cat - Location (country): Ohio, USA
- Location: Ohio, US
- Contact:
Re: You know you spend too much time here when...
Psshhhhaw...and here I was thinking they were high maintenance brackish-marine fish that did better alone. Silly me. Thanks for sharing 
~Steph~
- hazima
- Dwarf Puffer
- Posts: 58
- Joined: Tue Sep 28, 2010 4:13 pm
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- My Puffers: Green Spotted Puffer
- Location (country): Omaha, NE
Re: You know you spend too much time here when...
k so i am a low budget shopper and i thought a 2.5 gallon tank with an old sponge from the sink for filtration would suffice... o and i have a bunch of beer bottles i can break up for whatever you call the stuff that goes on the bottom of tank! oh and how long will my puffer live?
- ~reefchik~
- Green Spotted Puffer
- Posts: 403
- Joined: Tue Apr 13, 2010 12:17 am
- Gender: Female
- My Puffers: 1 Marbled Congo 30g X-high FW (fake) mangrove biotope
2 modestus in 20gplanted FW tank
1 male irrubesco 20g community planted FW tank
2 F8s 20g planted brackish
Cherry shrimp/snails 10g planted
2 Golden Retrievers
1 African Grey
1 Crazy cat - Location (country): Ohio, USA
- Location: Ohio, US
- Contact:
Re: You know you spend too much time here when...
The nastier that sponge is, the longer yer puff will live. Bacteria is good for puffers 
~Steph~
- J-P
- Former Staff Member
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- Gender: Male
- Location (country): Japan
- Location: Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan
Re: You know you spend too much time here when...
Hey, I take offence!! I did thathazima wrote:k so i am a low budget shopper and i thought a 2.5 gallon tank with an old sponge from the sink for filtration would suffice... o and i have a bunch of beer bottles i can break up for whatever you call the stuff that goes on the bottom of tank! oh and how long will my puffer live?
if you follow me, you avoid stepping in the crap that I just did...
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZR55G ... pqlgec1A2Q
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZR55G ... pqlgec1A2Q
- ~reefchik~
- Green Spotted Puffer
- Posts: 403
- Joined: Tue Apr 13, 2010 12:17 am
- Gender: Female
- My Puffers: 1 Marbled Congo 30g X-high FW (fake) mangrove biotope
2 modestus in 20gplanted FW tank
1 male irrubesco 20g community planted FW tank
2 F8s 20g planted brackish
Cherry shrimp/snails 10g planted
2 Golden Retrievers
1 African Grey
1 Crazy cat - Location (country): Ohio, USA
- Location: Ohio, US
- Contact:
Re: You know you spend too much time here when...
Ok yeah JP but we know you did 100% water changes every 4 hrs with straight tap water.
C'mon...fess up.
C'mon...fess up.
~Steph~
- Cuchulainn
- Dwarf Puffer
- Posts: 56
- Joined: Wed Sep 22, 2010 10:26 am
- Gender: Male
- Location (country): Peg city, Manitoba,Canada
Re: You know you spend too much time here when...
LMAOxrayjeeper83 wrote:I think Im going to get out my extra 10g tank to put one in. Also going to get 3 gourami's, 5 corys, and a dozen barbs. Walmart told me they would all fit
- JRC3
- Fahaka Puffer
- Posts: 904
- Joined: Wed Jul 07, 2010 4:10 pm
- Gender: Male
- My Puffers: F8(55g)
F8 (46g)
4-DP(29g) - Location (country): U.S.
- Location: S.W. OH
Re: You know you spend too much time here when...
I just use old bath water for WCs. I'm just tryin' to save a buck or two, ya' know.
Has anyone else seen this at the store. The first time I saw it I was all alone at a store and I seriously laughed out loud. And it's like 4 bucks for a little bottle.

Has anyone else seen this at the store. The first time I saw it I was all alone at a store and I seriously laughed out loud. And it's like 4 bucks for a little bottle.

There are many knowledgeable fish keepers on this forum willing to help and give great advice...The advice is free; What you choose to do with it gives it value.