puffer fish

We have been battling flukes and now a bacterial bloom after dosing prazi-pro a second time. See that thread here: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/180g-display-battling-flukes-and-possible-bacteria-bloom.1165472/#post-14456940 Now we have a secondary issue with our puffer. He’s not...

Hey everyone! I’m new to this forum and unfortunately I come at a time of need! I’m here today seeking some assistance with my tank. I’ve attached photos and a video of my puffer swimming around. By the looks of it, he might have ich. I’ve also noticed an increase in debris floating around the...

I am in the process of moving, I check in on my fish every two days at least. I came back to the power off, my dogface pufferfish (Subway) passed away at the bottom. I am struggling to find answers on exactly how to safely dispose of the contents of the tank and Subway himself, as I understand...

Hi guys! I currently have a 80 gallon tank with a blue spotted toby puffer - I’m upgrading to a 180 and in between getting a cow fish or box fish. Any advice, recommendations, and knowledge would be greatly appreciated! TIA!

What is saddleback puffer do vine in a 77 gallon with bubble tips? Thinking about getting a puffer but also don’t want it to destroy my tank. The only thing I know that’s going in there so far is the clowns from my current tank.

I just upgraded to a 77 gallon tank and I’m wanting to get a puffer I’m in between a saddle or spotted… any opinions??

Trying to see what's going on with my porcupine puffer. For some background, it was born with one eye so it's a bit of an outcast to begin with. It was happy and healthy for several months but then developed some kind of bacterial infection. I treated him for a couple of weeks and the infection...

Saddle Valentini Puffer (Canthigaster valentini)

Saddle Valentini Puffer (Canthigaster valentini)

Hello hello First post here and just wanted to share the odd tank friends that’s have developed in my tank. My trigger and puffer share shrimp when being hand fed. My puffer fish hangs out and sleeps on top of the hermit crabs. The trigger protects all the snails and even hangs out with a...

Hello everyone, We have a dog face puffer in our warehouse who is partially blind he has trouble eating and only eats if you sit there and basically put it in his mouth and even then he has trouble. Does anyone have any ideas on feeding him? He also won’t eat his clams and his teeth are getting...

Hi, I added a new porcupine puffer to my tank a few days ago. He hasn’t eaten (which I know happens sometimes especially when just added) however today he started laying on the floor and I noticed whiteish spots on his fins. I’m not 100% sure why it’s happening or what the cause is. Does anyone...

Hello! I’m panicking a bit and my anxiety causes me to go into worst case scenario thinking. I’m not home right now, no one is and won’t be for about 3 hours, and there’s a power outage -planned by the city but not announced to the residents. I have a 120 gallon tank with live rocks, a tang...

Hello! I’m panicking a bit and my anxiety causes me to go into worst case scenario thinking. I’m not home right now, no one is and won’t be for about 3 hours, and there’s a power outage -planned by the city but not announced to the residents. I have a 120 gallon tank with live rocks, a tang...

I had a porcupine puffer a long time ago and I suspected that he got lock jaw before he died. He used to eat a plethora of food krill, shrimp, clams, and even squid. I thought about getting another puffer in the future but what can I do to prevent lock jaw from happening again?

Hi all. My porcupine puffer isn’t eating. I’ve tried krill, half clams, shrimp, and silversides. I’ve added garlic guard and a supplement that I give all my saltwater fish. I’ve tested water parameters ammonia 0 nitrite 0 nitrate .5. I’ve had him for around 6 months. He has no visible signs of...

Hello, I bought this porcupine pufferfish a few months ago, and he is doing well. He eats like a pig, including dry shrimp, krill, and frozen shrimp. My blue tang picks on his fins at times but it never bothered him thus I never did anything about it. But 2 days ago he refused to eat and has...

Hey everyone, I watch a lot of videos across animal husbandry in general and I've noticed that freshwater vampire crabs breed like rabbits! These predatory little crabs need to be kept in a freshwater paludarium but they seem to produce a LOT of babies so I'm wondering if anyone has ever tried...

I have had my golden arothron puffer for around 5 years. In this time he has always eaten very well. I liken him to a Labrador Retriever in personality and hunger. By far my favorite fish. He is in a ~220 gallon tank at my office. He usually eats head on whole shrimps and mussels. On...

Hello guys, I bought this porcupine pufferfish 3 days ago. He was at my LFS for around 2 months and was on a dry krill (Tetra brand) diet. The water is medicated thus there was no need for me to QT him. At first, he was very energetic swimming across the tank, coming up to me when I approached...

Hi, Clown fish in third day of hiding. I've had a valentini puffer in my 30 gallon tank for about two weeks. I ran out of food for two days and my mandarin goby went missing. The first day I had the puffer, it devoured my emerald crabs. Now my typically belligerent clown fish (had for about a...

When it comes to determining the age of a fish, size I’m sure is the first thing that many use to approximate it. Over time, they obviously get larger and you can count the day you got them as their “birthday” and keep track of how many years old they are. But what about when you purchase a...

I’ve had my puffer full marine for about two years. Recently added a bubble tip to my reef tank a few weeks ago. All other fish in tank seem fine with no marks but these are on my puffer. Any thoughts?

Hi all, My partner keeps telling me how cute she thinks pufferfish are. And, I honestly think they're pretty cool too. So, I'm wondering if they are any pufferfish that might do well in my aquarium. I have a 40 gal reef tank with: 1 Clarki clown 1 African Flameback pygmy angel 1 Midas Blenny...

Hello, I have only fish in my tank and live rock since I can’t really upkeep corals and all that. I got a new fish which is a spiny box puffer fish. I know that there diet NEEDS hard stuff like clams and all that for their beaks. But the problem with mine is that he doesn’t go for them. He’s not...