The Puffer Forum

Hello this is my first post but today i was looking all around san diego for an arrowhead puffer....couldn't find one. But i came across a puffer at the pet store and the owner didnt know what kind of puffer it was. I came on here and sure enough its a hairy puffer. I paid 65 dollars for it. Ill post pics on later.

I hopr you had a cycled tank ready for that baleyi. Cool puffer!

Thanks!!! I'm sort of an amateur...well actually i am an amateur but ive had the tank for about 4 months. previously i had a dragon puffer in it but when i was moving from north carolina to san diego my 10gallon moving tank busted and i had to sell it to the nearest pet store. this is a pic of it. but anyway i hope i didnt do something wrong. what do you mean by cycled?

lol have to resize the image

here it is my old puffer

What did you do to the tank to prepare it for the puffer? How large is the tank? You can look up cycling in our Library & find a profile of your new puffer in our Pufferpedia.

btw pufferpunk!!! you seem to be the god or goddess of the website so here is a question. Do the baleyi bury themselves like the suvatti does?

well my tank is a 55 gallon and i did a 50% wc just yesterday. That is good right

I do not believe they bury but I haven't ever owned one. Were there fish in the tank before the puffer? Are there tank mates?

yeah i left my two sun cats in there they are about 2 inches long but they hide all day till i turn the lights out.

What's a sun cat? The puffer may still find them & kill them.

lol a sun catfish they grow to about 12 inches or so but mine are like i said 2 inches maybe 2 and a half, i havent taken them out lately to measure lol. anyway im not to worried about him finding them because that is a meal and meals make him grow. Havent really thought of a name for him....if is even a him could be a her. anyway now that i know what species it is im sorta upset. really wish i could have gotten a suvatti but no worries ill love it like it is a pig nose. So another question for the almighty. I'm looking for some peet to put in the filter for a brownish tank cause i think its cool and benificial. any suggestions on where to get some or if i should?

Don't worry about the name until you are sure he's healthy and eating fine and stuff. Good luck with it!

Thanks man appreciate the support.

Your puffer will prefer neutral water with a pH around 7.2. Peat softens the water & makes it too acidic.