The Puffer Forum

ok so I bought a new test kit today and the reading is slightly diff though the pH is roughly the same. New param: PH: 6 Nitrate: 10-20 Nitrite: 0 Ammonia: 0 I checked my tap water it's roughly ~6.4. I have some malawi victoria buffer lying around.. should I try using those to bump the ph? I have be...

Added Params

PH: 6
Nitrate: 5
Nitrite: 0
Ammonia: 0

Hi all I need some help for my abei fast. Over the past week some sort of lumps are starting to develop on the side of his body. http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x233/gelgel_99/photo_zps4216a437.jpg Def not the best pic.. I will try to get some better pic later. but you can see there are 2 white s...

Thanks for all the condolences. I totally understands that sometimes things can happen..
At least she didn't suffered for too long...
RIP Grumpy.

I dont feed my Congo, nothing but live earthworms, rollie pollies, and small crayfish. My fahaka eats, raw market shrimp, large crayfish, earthworms and night crawlers. Only the raw market shrimp is not alive and well frozen and never fresh food. I believe that you could get bad food with its fresh...

I just got home.. she looks even worst than this morning.. I found that she spitted out some of the scallop from last night.. maybe the scallop was the problem? She sometimes swims around.. more like darting around..then will try to fit herself in a tight space and hang there... Not looking good at ...

I had her for 2 months.. She only had one owner before me and he's a very knowledgable guy. So I am sure that he wont feed her anything that she shouldnt be fed. I doubted it's the tap water either.. As the last time I changed water ( before this morning 20% change) was last Saturday... everything w...

Here's her earlier this morning
http://youtu.be/PO6hcmJdke8

Here's her right after the water change
http://youtu.be/z9n5jH5ICn4

Not looking good.. also her eyes look diff.. like.. I don't know how to describe but she's def suffering...

I also turned the filter current down a bit...

She looks like she's suffering very badly.. I don't know what's wrong.. everything was fine.. She was eating and having great appetite... her last meal was last night.. and I found her acting weird this morning.. She's gasping and her body is slightly bloated and her color changed a bit.. Here's the...

Thanks for all the replies! I gave up! I guess she just doesn't like worms! I tried wiggling the worm right in front of her face for at least 10 mins.. I tried hanging the worm and it just annoyed her so much that she would bit the worm off the hook but not eating it.. I also tried soaking it in gar...

I am trying to get my congo puffer to take red wiggler worms... I have starved her for 7 days now.. she still resist... :( She is really hungry cause she's begging for food everyday.. but she just won't take the worm.. Should I just give up? How many more days should I try? Will I starve her to death?

Thanks!! I am really happy with her progress too!
Thanks again for all the help! Couldn't have done this without you guys!!!
Will for sure treat her for another week!

Just some update on her progress I was only able to fed her medicated food once or twice.. with a tiny piece of shrimp.. so I really don't know how much med.. This is how she looks now http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x233/gelgel_99/photo-1-1.jpg She's making a really good progress compared to the...

Thanks will sure give that a try!

Thanks! really appreciate your help!

btw, how should a healthy poop look like?