Hey

anyone here have puffers??

what salinity do you keep the water at? how do yu test?

what other fish do you keep them with

yes i mean the fresh water type

there not very good communtiy fish!! tend to be queit aggressive! and i never had mine in any silinity jst plain water!

yeah i thought that they would be a species only tank fish

are there any fish that go well or slightly well?

well i did keep discuss with them! cuz they didtn get pushed round! i would suggest some large cichlids if you must put something with them!

cheers Shae

puffers are brackash and do better with sea salt added to there freshwater .to test ur salt levels u need a hydrometer.this should have marks on it for salt water and brackash.do well with other brackash fish like monos and scats.

the hydrometers that i have had havent had teh salinity level for brackish

i'll do a little research on that

i just broke one that i've had for a week, :evil: stupid

gurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

there should be a line for salt and one for fresh id aim for sumwhere in the middle.these fish in the wild live in the mouth of rivers so tend to get a mix of water's both salt and fresh.if all else fails try a taste test.

mmmmmmm

yum

how much do they normaly cost? (i've seen the bumble bees for sale for about 8$) but my wife wants some a little bigger

and what plants can go in a brackish tank?

$8 sounds bout write and i think where ever u shop ull always find small ones .and cant help u with the plants sorry .

most plants! i have my livebearers in brakish water and the plants grow like wild fire!

wet pets has alot of big puffers to different types the striped buble bees and the polka dot puffers! for under $10 ea!!

oh and they keep them in with disucss also

cheers Shae

cool

Different puffers require diff water param. If you are after a larger puffer try getting a Fahaka puffer (Tetraodon lineatus) grows to around 20 - 30 cm and in wild about 40cm. This puffer is fine in fresh water you just have to make sure you keep the water hard, about 10 dKH.

I got mine down here in Chch at organism, just a little exspensive though. Theyre selling them now for $80!

mmm should choose my words carefully

thats one big fish

by big i meant bigger than a bumble bee puffer

like the spotted ones :oops: :oops:

Spotted and Figure eights go well together (about $28 each). Will both survive in freshwater. Brackish generally runs at half the salinity of saltwater - about 1.010 is good. Individual puffer temprement can very greatly. We have a massive spotted puffer in our shop (not for sale). It has been in freshwater for at least five years. About 10cm long and VERY fat. Lives with heaps of guppies, bristlenose etc. Select fast or cheap tankmates. Check out www.wetwebmedia.com. They have heaps of info on plants for brackish systems.

I really recommend the Brazilian Puffer, there are one of the most friendly species of puffers and are fresh water so you can have your normal plants! I have 5 of these guys and they are all around about 5-6cms, there are very very actice and cute.... the only thing with these is you must feed them lots of snails... their teeth grow very fast!

yep

jf2003

those are the ones we where looking at,

there is one in a display tank here but its not for sale

Ok well, firstly.....I wouldnt put any other type of fish in with Puffers, they are notorious fin-nippers...plus a tank with just puffers looks so damn cool! Also pays to note that most puffers get more aggresive with age (and it has been known for these guys to take the od nip at their owners too!)

As for the water params, If you are talking about Freshwater puffers, then thats simply it...they are Freshwater, and dont require salt at all, however if you are talking about Brackish Puffers,you will need salt (although they will survive ok without any salt inthe water too)

Best conditions for puffers are generally Neutral to Alkaline Hard water, and in the case of Brackish the salt added should be around 1 teaspoon full per 4.5-5 litres of water...also note that temperatures vary between species too!

They are intregueing fish to keep, and if you take up the challenge I'm sure you'll get many hours of pleasure just watching them!

P.S. theres info on the Dwarf Freshwater Puffers on my site (listed below) hopefully soon I'll be adding other types of puffers too!

ChrisMack

I ordered my Brazilians from Hollywoods in Auckland and had them shipped to Christchurch, i think including freight they worked out to be around $35 each, although I have had them for about a year I think.

I keep mine with Figure 8s, Spotted and Dwarf puffers and a plec... surprisingly they all seem to ignore the plec (lucky for him).

I found my brazilians completely ignored everything else in the tank. Never nipped any fins or anything. Most aggressive they ever got was with snails, doing a nice imitation of an attack helicopter.

what kind of snails?

Mine eat any..... normally the kind that plague your tank (if you dont have any clown loaches or any other snail eaters) I havent/wont give them an apple snail... (just seems cruel)