The Puffer Forum

I've been in the hobby for about 25 years. I started with a freshwater community aquarium, had about 3 upgrades before I had a reef aquarium for about 6 years. In 2012 I had to move and disassembled all my tanks and gave all my livestock away. I started keeping freshwater fish since 2019 again.

Puffer fish have always drew my attention but I never kept them due to their individual requirements. 25 years later and I'm finally 'ready'! I'l be starting conditioning the tank soon.

I'm so glad I discovered this forum, dedicated to puffers.

Welcome! What species are you considering?

I live in South Africa and what I've seen in local stores are: Figure 8, Spotted and Pea Puffers.

I find the Figure 8 the most attractive, its bee a while since I saw one for sale. Will be contacting some shops once the tank is ready and fully cycled.

All great choices. Articles on all 3 species in our Library.

Hi, new to the forum...and thinking about a spotted congo puffer. What did you end up getting?