The Puffer Forum

Well I tried the needle thing, but I think the needle was too big and I couldn't puncture the skin. I will try and get a smaller needle tomorrow from the pharmacy, they'll probably think i'm a junky trying to score a syringe or something. He did react to the pain and got squirmy. I don't know what t...

0 ammonia
0 Nitrite
0 nitrate
1.015 SG
PH ? my kit is out but I have crushed coral for substrate and did a 65% water change 2 days ago, so it should be right.

ok so does anybody know if a puffer has a hole in it's skin, will it heal up?

OK I can't get any pictures that you can see or not, I'm going to try and burp him tonight and if that doesn't work, I'm going to use a syringe with the plunger out of it to see if it will force the air out, I know this is very, very extreme but he's dying anyway and I can't think or find any other ...

i've tried to take a couple pictures but you can't really see too good. I went and bought some batteries for my good camera and will try to get a few up tonight. He's still alive but won't eat and doesn't float all the time, most of the time now he's been staying close to the bottom, but the pocket ...

I even tried shaking him, I wish I could get him to puff up and try that but this pocket is just stuck. What is bad is that he won't even try to fight me when I grab him.

yeah just take one of those dead apple snails and smell it, you'll see why a dead snail can foul a tank REAL QUICK.

My puffer is about 3 years old and is about 5 inches long. he's always been a great eater and since this isn't a water cond. problem i'll skip the parameters, etc. He has a huge air pocked on the left side right behind the side fin. I've read on how to burp them and have tried around 10-12 seperate ...

no he's fine, my brackish finally cycled after 5 weeks, don't worry he never suffered. My mom (which no i don't live at home) bought me a 29 gallon tank for my b-day and also a GSP the same day. I took him home and read and read and read and then i read some more, this was after i added water and de...

oh wow i looked at the hospital sticky and now that pic, mine is FINE. i finally saw his teeth and they look good. i just got a bit super paranoid after reading the teeth article. thanks for the very quick response.

basically he eats fine, but sometimes when he's eating some of the food flies out of his mouth. he eats enough for his belly to get fat and round. i don't really know the difference between his teeth and beak. i looked at the pics in the hospital tank but wouldn't know what to clip anyways. i do try...