The Puffer Forum

Considering F8s live to 20 years, a year isn't very long. What happened to it? I moved from 1 apartment to another back in February and right after the move is when my old f8 puffer got sick. He immediately lost his appetite immediately after the move, then grew some sort of weird fungus on his bod...

Hey nice GSP. Do you have a plecy in there? they're freshwater I do have a plecy in there and it is freshwater. I have the GPS in fresh water right now. I raised a figure 8 for over a year and he made it in freshwater. I was told the puffer I bought unfortunately, from Wal-mart, was born in fresh w...

This is a video of my Green Spotted Puffer destoying some Ramshorn snails. He is a hungry hippo!

http://youtu.be/9JGqLznX6qk?hd=1

Nuclear_Glitter wrote:What are your tanks parameters?

I have a 10 gallon tank. The figure 8 puffer died today Thanks Wal-Mart!!

I now have a medium sized green spotted puffer and a sucker fish (ploctomus)

Welcome! the F8 looks rather healthy maybe early signs of ick but nothing that cant be prevented if taken care of. Just raise the temp to around 82-85F and slowly raise salinity to around 1.006. As well as try to do 25% weekly water changes to allow for his fins to fully heal properly. How long sho...

Pufferpunk wrote:You're going to have to find a new home for the pleco. How big is that tank?
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I have a 10 gallon tank. To losing my job recently, I can't upgrade right now either

Also I agree after re-watching your video he appears to have the early signs of ick treat with salt and raise the temperature to 82 plus add a air stone to help them breath if the f8 has it then the gsp probably does too. You can get them at walmart in the fish supply area right by the tanks. Or on...

Hi welcome to the forum. I watched the video he doesn't look very unhealthy. I would however treat him for internal parasites with jungle fizzy tabs, and keep the water quality high for his fin nips and they will grow back quickly what size tank is he in? I would also consider adding in some more d...

Enjoy these 2 vids

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmYHyrl4vJg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGK2gT8ZCTo

Hi everyone! I bought a Figure 8 Puffer from Wal-Mart yesterday and once I got it home I realized he/she is sick. Take a look at the video and help me understand what exactly is wrong with my little puffer and how I can get it back to good health. The only positive as of now is it is eating very wel...