Books on Puffers

[SarahBravo]

I'm a newbie but I've caught the puffer bug big time. Although there is tons of excellent advice in this forum, i was wondering if anyone could recommend a book on selecting and keeping puffers?

Have searched Amazon and the usual suspects with no luck.

Thanks for any suggestions!

Sarah

 

[TorPeteO]

I think that, since puffers are relatively new to the aquarium, there are not many books out there with information about them. There are a lot of varied opinions of the classification and proper care of them.

That said, I'm sure there are some good books out there. I haven't found any yet, though, sorry. There is a lot of great information online, though, and some of it is from reputable sources. Just be careful who's word you take.

 

[Puffer_freak]

I have a small but useful puffer book, it is as follows:

Practical Fishkeeping
Pufferfish
By: Chris Ralph
Publishers: Ringpress books, (part of Interpret Publishing).

Hope this helps, I found it in my local(ish)fishstore (lfs)

It has info on the basic anatomy, water conditions/housing, food common diseases, breeding and species!!!!

Hope this helps!!!!!!

 

[SarahBravo]

Thank you!

Sarah

 

[Puffer_freak]

Thats O.K. Always happy to help (always boasting too!!!!!)

 

[SirMinion]

The definitive book on fresh and brackish puffers is the Aqualog The Puffers of Fresh and Brackish Waters by Dr Klaus Ebert. (ISBN: 3-931702-60-x)

It really is very good and informative.

We bought ours from here.

 

[SarahBravo]

Cool, thank you SirM. Will have to wait until next week for that one - can't believe how much money I'm spending on fish stuff when i haven't even got any fish yet!



Sarah

 

[SirMinion]

can't believe how much money I'm spending on fish stuff

I know what you mean. My last month's bank statment reads like a local fish shop directory!

 

[TorPeteO]

Minion, that looks like a very informative book. I wish I could get one in Canada, but I don't think that site allows international users. Dang...

 

[SarahBravo]

Tor, Amazon.co.uk has it (and they allow international buyers) but it's listed as 6 week availability. If you want, I can get it from SirM's recommended site and send it to you, if you Paypal me the money? It wouldn't be a hassle, I post stuff all over the place.

Let me know

Sarah

 

[Puffer_freak]

How much is it on Amazon?

I might get a new one, have been looking for a few months now!

 

[SarahBravo]

WoooooHoooOOOOO - couldn't sleep last night so was playing on Ebay - put bids in on 2 tanks not thinking I'd get either - got BOTH!!! So I'll soon have a puffer tank!!!!! The bigger one is 10gallons UK - if I planted it well and gave them some caves etc, could I fit more than 1 puffer in if I went for dwarfs? I'm too much of a newbie for brackish I think, so what others would go in a little tank?

(So excited!!)

Sarah

PS the book is £24.99 on Amazon, but as I said - 6 weeks -

 

[SirMinion]

so what others would go in a little tank?

Only dwarfs I'm afraid, you can have a couple in there and maybe a trio of ottos or one of the small species of ancistrus for algae duty.