The Puffer Forum

Hi all! I just wanted to update you since you all were so helpful to me regarding stocking suggestions etc. when I was planning my tank.

I had initially been thinking I would get 2-3 puffers for a 20 gallon, but I just felt I couldn't reliably sex them at the pet store, so I decided to go with just one for a 5.5 gallon I got him 3 days ago. He is eating well and has gotten a little bit more bold/curious. I believe it is a male, but feel free to confirm/deny that. He is currently getting live black worms and pond snails. I got some frozen blood worms but haven't tried them yet.

Here's his tank currently. I am still waiting on some plants to get shipped (in the meantime I have thrown in some cuttings from another tank, to make the tank more jungly than you see in this pic)



here's the little guy:






And a video
not sure how to embed the video?

http://youtu.be/pcDOL_vrLpk

Defiantly a female. She's lovely and the tank looks great to

Arny wrote:Defiantly a female. She's lovely and the tank looks great to

Really!? Well there you go, glad I didn't try to sex them at the store, I was certain this was a male! Thanks for the input on that!

The fish might be a bit more secure with a background on the tank. It looks a bit open to me.

Those are some great shots! What made you think it is a male? I see no wrinkles behind her eyes.

Pufferpunk wrote:Those are some great shots! What made you think it is a male? I see no wrinkles behind her eyes.

Well from what I've read young puffers look similar and do not develop the wrinkles until later? I just thought it was male because the coloring looked darker than what I've seen on female puffers in pics and I thought she was not as round as a female typically is I guess

RTR wrote:The fish might be a bit more secure with a background on the tank. It looks a bit open to me.

I noted in my initial post that there are a bunch of plant cuttings in the tank right now until I get the rest of the plants for this tank (those cuttings are not pictured in the tank shot I posted )

I offer anubias plants for sale.

Pufferpunk wrote:I offer anubias plants for sale.

Thanks I actually have 10 anubias nana petites coming this week