The Puffer Forum

Arny wrote:

newyork10 wrote:he's breathing like 100-115 times per minutes (his gills are moving) should I be worried?!

Maybe adding more oxygen to the pond might help

Yeah I'll try that thanks.

No, i've tested for ammonia and nitrite with those water testing strips but I've never tested for parameters

There are no other fish in the pond, and how do I check the parameters of the pond?

he's breathing like 100-115 times per minutes (his gills are moving) should I be worried?!

Here's another picture of he's stomach, do you think I fed him to much?

Unfortunately my pond grows algae very fast and it is hard to see the fish, I scooped up the mbu and put him in a tank to show you guys, sorry that was the best I could do. He seems to be swimming more, but he's breathing VERY fast (in the pond) heres some picture I took, In my other tank, (he's sti...

Ok, My puffer is pretty lazy, he lays on the bottom of the tank most of the day, and he occasionally comes to the top.. he eats like a pig though. Whats wrong with him? am I feeding him too much?

I'll try to post some pics later, he hasn't ate anything yet, is that a bad sign? I got him yesterday around 10:30ish..

yeah, I just put him in, I let him acclimate for around 45 minutes and then eventually put him in. He seems to like it a lot!

Oh ok great! I just received him, he's around 9 inches (bigger then I thought!) he's very lazy though...is that normal?

I got a 1,200 gallon pond;)

Yeah he was expensive....I really wanted one though, he was around 290 including shipping

lol, ok thanks guys. I think i'm going to give him a few snails every day. And then a big meal every other day, does that sound good? or is that too much?

I just got a little 8 inch baby mbu. I was wondering how much I should feed him. I want him to grow fast, but I don't want to overfeed him.

Thanks,

Alex

Yes. still looking for a mbu though, anyone have one?