The Puffer Forum

Hello and its nice to have some time to get back on and talk to everyone! I just wanted to tell you guys that I have another porc, I left the tank empty and just put her in. I love her to pieces, she jumps out of the water for food and also spits water when you don't give her the food right away!! Its so cute! I also put a rather large clown fish in there and they were fine for a while and then last night I looked in the tank and it was gone! So I bought some salt water mollies since they are cheep just to see what would happen and it turns out that she likes to eat other fish!! I couldn't believe it my last one wouldn't even eat food let alone other fish. I am trying to get her to eat other food since the only thing she will eat right now is krill, I know that isn't a good meal for her but I have tried everything and she won't eat it. I think thats why she ate the clown because I was trying to get her on other food and hadn't fed her in 2 days. I don't know what to do, I want other fish but I'm not going to buy them if she is going to eat them. I am in the process of trying to get a bigger tank but I can't find one I can afford. Also I wanted to tell you guys that we have a pink puffer at work. Its weird it looks like a saddled puffer but its all gray with pink lines. Just wondering if anyone has heard of this.

Can you get a pic of the pink puffer?

I'm glad you & your new puffer are so happy! You MUST get him off krill though. There are ideas on how to get your puffer to eat other foods in our Library.

I know I hate that all he will eat is krill. But I have tried everything!!! And I have read the article but no luck and when I starve her fins start to become missing. I love her to pieces and I don't want to lose her and I don't want to force feed, I am doing that with a porc at work but its not working very well and it is very stressful for both of us but I don't want this little baby to die! I am working a lot and going to school now so I don't have much time. I went to this place called planet reef and it was so cool, they had a baby map puffer there and a golden dogface! They also had this puffer I have never heard of, its called a stellus (I think) puffer, I am going to look it up. The baby map puffer was so amazing and tiny he didn't even have his gold yet, but was $150!!! Well gotta go but I hope to be on more I miss the forum!

Congrats on the new puffer! I think the puffer you mention is called stellatus puffer.