The Puffer Forum

Well I have sourced and two little GSPs may be making their way home with me on Saturday. The store has been bringing them back to health (all 20 of them) and just want one more week to keep eye on them, if all is well then yay!
Here is a pic of the tank:

I do know it needs a lot more guys, especially taller plants. Help me stock a little more, so far there is mostly plastic plants, have two anubias ready to attach to the bogwood in there. Have coral sand and some shells as well as the fake tree trunk. In terms of tall plants, I have found giant javas whic may work though worried may not get enough support. Or getting slim lengths of bogwood or mopani and tying on java ferns up the lengths to help pad out more. Also plan on getting a small cave of sort.
Please let me know what you think

Squeeeee! New fish!

Tank is looking good, and your plans for it sound even better.

It sounds like your store really cares about its stock.

Yeah they do! I was speaking with teh guy who has been looking after them, I think they had...oh my memory..was it white spot? He has been giving them all individual baths to get them back to health. Except one which was being bullied, they were all zipping about with fat really wonderfully white bellies. No black or grey in sight! He said he wanted to keep them during this week just tocheck and then hopefully on for the weekend. They will be getting phone call on Friday for sure! He was delighted that I had done my research and had a species tank for them as he was tired of turning away people that wanted them for communities and fresh water permanent ones at that. They are in freshwater right now, but he reassured that they really need to be brackish. So Will get them and raise salinity slowly over time

Really excited (probably can tell) sorry to go on! They had anubias and javas (currently out of javas) 5 for £10 which seemed a good deal.

Yes, that's a really good deal. And what a nice man! Individual baths! What store is this? I'm gonna have to pay a visit next year (cross fingers, I wanna get into the Oxford Program so bad!).

LOL Christchurch Maidenhead Aquatics, first time been there, the manager liked puffs himself,so probably why taking real good care of them

Maindenhead, I've heard of that place! It's supposed to be great.

Ihave to say it is one of the nicer stores I have been to, it is much further out but you know it is good when my Dad who took me commented how much nicer it was (his usual response is "its just fish") but he actually enjoyed himself in this one and wanted to bring mum when we collect them hopefully!

p.s. Oxford UK? WOW!

I have some limited funds till payday on the 15th and need little advice.

Choices are: 5 for £10 of anubias and javas and try to get £3-5 bits of wood to help pad out.
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They may have to go into substrate till following week depending. Will have about £20-30 to spend including puffs themselves which will be around £6 each though they may have changed their minds when get there!

Or a local store has full grown giant javas for £6.05 each, javas 5 stems for £2.80, bogwood with java for £6.50 and bogwood 10" for £3.50..hmm need to think

Sorry to ask guys, but really appreciate any tips

Oxford would just be for one semester. I'd be at the Regent's Park college, hopefully studying Shakespeare.

Yeah Maidenhead Aquatics do seem to be good. Both my puffs have come from the one in Sion Park. They keep them in a brackish section and catch all the fish using the bag rather than using a net. My GSP was housed on his own and his fins were imaculate, no nips at all. The guy even knew what his favourite food was (clam) and gave me a small bag of them.

This Maidenhead is fairly new to them as the store is relatively new,but glad the manager knows what talking about, must remember to ask about what they have been feeding them! Oh wow LilGreenPuffer! Please feel free to come see me, I am Southern it would be a fair trip but we do have a cute oceanarium on the seafront with quite few puffs and life. I can also offer English tea and crumpets

That Sion Park Maidenhead chubber sounds fantastic!

I will totally come by. I plan to do a lot of "fair trips" on my weekends once I'm there.

You will be very very welcome!!! Here is an updated pic of the tank with little more in, much happier for now, though more to be added next weekend, let me know your thoughts

I love those fake corals! I've got a red, rubbery, fake anenmome (sp?) atached to a fake rock thing in m 10 gallon that I love. The platy fry love to hide in it and blend it wonderfully!

That's "anemone," Nemo.

Thanks, Mr. Ray.