The Puffer Forum

I just finished drip acclimating... Now he's exploring his tiki tank I asked the girl at the shop to feed them, then picked the little sucker who grabbed the krill and protected it from all others!

Mmmmm...new puff (unnamed so far) LOVES littleneck clams as much as the bigger puffs. I hand feed much of their food with hemostats to keep things tidier. I brought it down to him at the back corner where he was exploring, to try and get him used to it (I figured he'd be scared) and he latched on and followed it all the way up to the front top. He would have eaten more but I took it away, his tiny tummy got full so fast! I'm used to bigger fish!

Hes way to skinny by the looks of those pictures.. Whats he in with? Whats his salinity? How big is he? What tank size

It's mostly the angle in that pic. He's not too bad, and he's got a much rounder tummy now since eating. He also pooped and it didn't look like what IP poo is supposed to look like. I plan on dewoming him anyhow, once he's settled in and consistently eating well, since some of the tankmates at the store were skinny.
He's about 1.5". He has a 20g to himself, I don't plan on getting tankmates for him. He's in freshwater, like the store had him in, until he's settled at which point I will gradually raise it to 1.005...

Aquarist wrote:Hes way to skinny by the looks of those pictures.. Whats he in with? Whats his salinity? How big is he? What tank size

Wow nice tank very creative. Ive always wanted to do a themed tank. Online I seen a nice buddha themed tank with lots of bamboo and stuff. Love the theme you did its cool. Makes me remember how bad I need a vacay. Noice job Carmen

Is the rock formation on the right side a "sand waterfall"??

No, it's not sand, it has a hose for the air pump to attach to, and I guess the bubble movement is supposed to look like a waterfall? Completely silly, and stupid overpriced, but it made me laugh. I was literally wandering the fake plant and ornament aisle at Petsmart...by myself...giggling while I collected goofy stuff
All my other tanks are natural, but since I really don't expect to do real plants in this tank, what the heck!

I would have decorated the opposite, covering the filter intake with the rock wall ornament & having the open section on the right.

Yea, I know, but this works for the long-term plan. I have more "plants" on order for Wednesday... I didn't want to buy *too* many at retail when I can get them at cost next week

Actually, I really like it the way it is (just the opposite though), with the open swimming room.

I just can't see the palm tree on the right side for some reason. And putting it in the middle would look funny. Anyhow, I plan to re-arrange regularly to keep it interesting for him so I'm sure I'll try every possible set-up down the line Don't want to do too much right away and freak him out. Although he seems fairly unflappable...
His tank is in the LR right next to my seat on the couch. I just turned his light off and as I type, he's doing the puffer-wiggle. Hoping that I'll notice that he wants a bedtime snack, I guess.

I personally think that tank looks wicked ! I want a Tiki tank now

Great themed tank! IMO, I'd place the palm tree almost in the middle of the tank to break line of sight.

Cool looking tank

Love your new puff, and the tank is sick