The Puffer Forum

No luck with them staying away from Clownfish, I suppose? And are they compatible with Blennies at all?

I have mine in a softie/LPS tank. He lives with a Valentini, a couple of damsels, snowflake eel & a dwarf lionfish that just jumped ship. Also a baby burrfish that will be leaving in the spring.

Your lion jumped?

It's been missing for about a week. With my knee, it's not easy for me to get down on the floor but I really needed to find him. He was a mummy, in the back of the tank. What I don't get is how it could jump? With the Snowflake in there, I've got the water level down about 2" & it's not like he's streamlined to be a natural jumper...

Aw, that sucks. We have a dwarf fuzzy and a snowflake eel in the same tank at the store and the dwarf always stays still. Maybe he is hiding and only popping out when you aren't watching? I had a mandarin that did that. I swore he was dead because he was missing for weeks at a time then he would just pop back up. I assumed I was just missing his busy hours.

Nope, found his mummy behind the tank today. One of my favorites. Ate everything & was absolutely graceful when he swam. I need another one.

So sorry...

Sorry PP!

Sorry about your fish. I never had a saltwater jumper but sure did have a lot of bettas do the same.

My puffer is in a tank with a Valentini, two tangs, and a coral banded shimp. It pulled off on of the shrimps claws the second day after putting it in, but hasn't done anything to it since. The puffer used to live with a maroon clown and a humu, but no one ever bugged him. He was $40.

when my mom had a goldfish bowl Mr. Fish jumped out in the night and we came downstairs in the morning and he was stuck to the counter.

DRRT wrote:I never had a saltwater jumper but sure did have a lot of bettas do the same.

Whoa, seriously? I have a lid on my 10g, but I'm sure he could easily jump out if he wanted... I just hope he's smart enough to realize that he REALLY shouldn't! >_<

I've been searching around to see if I could find someone with cycled substrate and live rock for a SW tank so I could get the little Toby, but I think it's a hopeless venture. I probably should wait before I get a SW tank anyways.

there not really that hard just expensive.

Actually, my set up is much more than a FW set up. I just have a Rena filter, regular flourescent lights, decent sand, and I mixed a couple live rocks with some cool black lava rock. I would go reef, but college for me starts in the summer and I don't want to start something I would fully enjoy. Besides, what is a small reef tank in a dorm when I will be in Hawaii?