Few topics spark more debate among aquarists than how to administer deworming treatments. Some insist that adding medication to the water is the only reliable approach. Others argue that medicated food delivers a cleaner, more targeted cure. Both camps can point to real-world successes, yet the truth is more nuanced than either side likes to admit.

This is the guide that turns uncertainty into understanding. Combining real research with practical fishkeeping experience, it explains what Camallanus worms are, how they behave, and how to stop them. While created for pufferfish keepers, this treatment protocol applies to many other freshwater fish species.

Ask any aquarist what matters most in their water, and you’ll likely hear the same list: pH, ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate. These are the familiar parameters for aquarium water, the ones we test, track, and talk about endlessly. But lurking quietly in the background is another parameter that shapes everything in the aquarium, a factor so fundamental that it affects every breath, heartbeat, and cell function your fish perform. That hidden force is water hardness. Many aquarist

This care sheet is written with the aim of providing optimal care for this species of fish. Pufferfish Enthusiasts Worldwide endeavours...

In the wild, many pufferfish are opportunistic predators, relying on movement to trigger their hunting instincts. They chase down crabs, hunt for worms, and even ambush small fish, crunching them apart with their powerful bites. When suddenly placed in an aquarium and presented with prepared foods, many puffers simply don’t recognise these items as edible.

The Pufferfish Keepers guide to Thiaminase

Discovering Ich in your aquarium for the first time can be alarming, but rest assured: it is a well-understood condition that is usually...

Many species of freshwater, brackish and marine pufferfish bury themselves into the substrate. This behaviour is known as "wallowing" and...

Methylene blue is definitely a treatment that we recommend every aquarists has at their disposal, just in case it it ever needed.