The Puffer Forum

Well I got a F8 last night and right now he is in a 10 gallon. Hes cruising a little bit too much against the glass, most likely because his enivvronment isnt fully set-up. Anyway, im looking for ideas and would like to see what keeps your puffer happy! Thanks

Hi!
Congratulations to a great fish! I keep my F8 in this tank:
http://www.aquarienzauber.de/images/pict6609.jpg

Try to put lot's of decor in the tank, they need it!

Best,
Jessy

Thats an awesome setup! Is it brackish, cause I was wondering how those plants would hold up in it...

jessyblue wrote:Hi!
Congratulations to a great fish! I keep my F8 in this tank:
http://www.aquarienzauber.de/images/pict6609.jpg

Try to put lot's of decor in the tank, they need it!

Best,
Jessy

hOw many gallon tank is that and whats the lighting wattage? if you dont mind me asking

Hey!
Since 4 days it's brackish and the plants should survive, cause ist java fern, java moss and vallisneria.
Till now they seem fine...
The tank is 20 gallon and there is one lamp with 15W.

Best,
Jessy

Be prepared for the plants to melt on ya, after a year I am having a helluva time keeping java alive in my F8 tank. Recently upgraded to a bigger tank with better lighting and have started to fertilize in hopes of keeping them alive. I will post a pic of my 60g F8 tank really soon

Be sure to upgrade the lighting fixture soon as possible to 2 watts per gallon or better for plants to thrive. Use some flourish excel

Here is a quick pic of my upgraded setup for my F8's, archer, bbg's and dragon goby

nice tank..thats huge!!
Im sure your f8 will be very happy in there!!

Thanks, they seem less bored in the bigger tank. Now all I need is to get a pair of knight gobies and a couple more bbgs:D

add more plants in there..it will look nice!!!

Working on it, I just got a couple of smaller mangroves to add just gotta climatize them and figure out how to put them in the tank. Wanna get a bunch of hygrophilia in there too. Just have had previous problems keeping plants alive in brackish water but with the better lighting and now adding micro ferts I hope to have better luck.

Yea lighting is very crucial. Need least 2 watts per gal anything greater even better but have to worry about alage bloom. I keep mine at 2 watts per gal because i only have low lights plants which makes it easier to maintaine for me.

I would be happy with just a tank full of java in there but do want something a little taller. The hygrophillia should work under this light just won't grow like it does in my co2 tank and get that nice red pinkish color in the leaves.

taurenandragon76: How big and old is the archer? Did it grow fast? and I thought BBGS and Archers didn't get along?