Porcupine Puffer with Ich? | Reef2Reef
2018年1月1日 · The tank is a six foot 125 with a 55 gallon sump. There is a good amount of rock in the DT, but there are no other fish in the tank. Nitrates have been high, but I have brought them down to around 30 with water changes. The puffer isn't breathing heavy and it is very active (and interactive) around the tank.
Porcupine Puffer Help | Saltwaterfish.com Forums for Fish Lovers!
2005年5月24日 · Porcupine Puffer Help [hr] I have a concern for my new porcupine puffer fish I recently received. After acclamation, and for the first day, the puffer fish seemed happy, floating and swimming near the top of the water, looking very active and mobile. But he seemed not to want to eat any of the dry or cubed food products.
Tank size for a porcupine puffer? - Reef2Reef
2018年6月8日 · Puffers and especially porcupine puffers are a very personable fish and I have also kept and collected many of them. That being said, they do not like aquarium life and some of them just constantly swim up and down the sides of the glass until they infect their eye. They are also very susceptible to going blind as are many big eyed fish.
Porcupine Puffer Cloudy eyes | Reef2Reef
2019年7月29日 · Then my heart dropped as I saw the black molly covered in dust. I quickly got out a sterile 1 gallon bucket and some RRR. I got temp and salinity the same and added one teaspoon of RRR and an air stone. I placed both fish in there while I tore down the tank and set up a new sterile 10 gal QT. Unfortunately, sadly my puffer died in the RRR bath.
porcupine puffer in a reef tank | Reef2Reef
2012年1月6日 · Just wondered if anyone has kept one in a reef tank. I had one in a fish only system before and he was awsome and would like to get one again . I know they like to eat shrimp and snails some times but I have also read they might go after clams and I do plan to have a few maximas in my up and...
I'm adding a porcupine puffer to my 125... | Reef2Reef
2016年4月29日 · I have a dogface puffer, not the same as you, but its another species of large puffer. I fragged some of my random zoas and then placed that frag of zoas in my fowlr tank. And my puffer ate it and bit a chunk out of the plug in about 30 minutes. Now this is obviously part my fault bc the puffer associates my hand with food. So take that fwiw.
Porcupine Puffer is sick | Reef2Reef
2020年10月12日 · The old advice about puffers being sensitive to copper was when people were using copper/citric acid products like Seacure. I have a one-eyed porcupine fish that I use to keep a quarantine system biologically active and it has gone through many coppersafe treatments and never had an issue. Jay
EMERGENCY - Porcupine puffer not eating and going downhill
2023年8月18日 · My porcupine puffer started getting fussy about eating two weeks ago. It escalated to where they are chewing and then spitting out almost all the food they get. They are now getting too skinny and I don't know what to do. Tank parameters: 125 gallon long 1.0225 salinity 0 ammonia 0 nitrite 20 nitrates 76 degrees temperature
Porcupine Puffer Foggy Eyes | Reef2Reef
2009年5月28日 · My porcupine puffer seemed a little lethargic last week but was eating. A couple of days ago I noticed his eyes got all foggy. I was assuming it was flukes. I gave him a fresh water bath yesterday for 5 minutes. No noticeable change in appearance but he was definitely more active after that.
Porcupine puffer tank mates | Reef2Reef
2014年1月16日 · I recently added a toby and porcupine puffer, both roughly 3". Tankmates in my 150g are: 3ft zebra eel, large striped bristletooth, large bird wrasse, med. clown tang, med. foxface, med. bullethead goby, and small dwarf zebra. I have zero aggression from anyone. Puffers are always out in front. I think you're fine to add one.