The Puffer Forum

hey thanks guys, WWF had someone asking and right off the bat i said no but i dont know ANYTHING about cichlids so i thought i would ask.

the chromides need marine salt???

-ash

http://fishprofiles.com/profiles/list.a ... bility=427

are there ANY cichlids GSP can tank with? any at all???

thanks in advance!

-ash

thanks, ill pass ALL of this on and see if we cant get this guy eating.

thank you thank you!!

-ash

i don't know ANYTHING whatsoever about marine tanks. just happen to swing in and see how thin he looked. boy was he cute..... my LFS has a Spiny Box Puffer that they have had for about a month that wont eat. they have him in a system that has copper and a fake plant in the tank. said they tried live...

thank ya thank ya!

-ash

http://lambriarvetsupply.com/i_016013-1 ... Powder.php

will this work??

also, will i have to lower the pH if i feed it to them??

thanks!!!

-ash

yeah like the pigmy potbelly pigs instead of a nice rounded blimp look. i dont know if you checked BW forum there but i havent been able to get my hands on some of that stuff yet, still working on it. little update: what i thought were dull colours were only signs of stress. they both get stressed w...

ok, lemme get my hands on some and then we can go from there. thanks a bunch guys!! i had planned on giving one of these guys to my LFS after we got him straight but im not so sure about that now

-ash

that isnt even close to my puffers. mine both look like flat bottomed boats. when i feed them they get a homer simpson pot belly. not the gently rounded one you linked me to. for example, x0rtrunks... your GS avatar pic, thats closer to mine but still way more rounded on the edges. if that makes any...

free a puffer!

sorry

-ash

with as often as i vacuum, i dont think i would catch it. im really sorry i dotn have any better answer for emacnipated than i just dont know. i have nothing to compare my fish to. ive googled f8's and cant seem to get a good profile pic to see what the bellies SHOULD look like empty. as for the Lev...

i thought Levamisole hydrochloride was added to the water??? also, i havent seen any poop. i have even tried changing up the times i feed them to see if that doesnt change the time they poop. nothing. as for emancipated... is there a good profile pic of a f8 i can compare this to?? they both have be...

honestly, we have had these guys for 3 and a half weeks and never seen them poop. i am NOT really finding it on the bottom of the tank. soooo my guess would be white or the GS are eating them??

-ash

so i read this, can get my hands on Levamisole hydrochloride easily... friend of mine has a cow farm and uses it.
any thoughts on what else it MIGHT be? id rather not remove my guys from the display tank unless we are sure (as can be) that this is the problem.

thanks!!
-ash

i thought ich couldnt survive above 86 deg???