The Puffer Forum

Thanks guys, it does suck really bad, but I'm glad he's no longer suffering. I do really appreciate all the suggestions and help that was offered.

Update: Unfortunately lost the little guy.

More feeling ill. I feel as though I'm running out of options. He is breathing very heavy.

I would gladly cover shipping costs, I am in desperate need of some snails.

Update: Any suggestions would be helpful, I am afraid the little guy might not last the night. When I came home from work this is how I found him... He has lost a lot of color

Over the last few days my puffer has even began to refuse my ghost shrimp. He has lost quite a bit of weight so I have attempted tube feeding twice because I have read so many posts about krill and lockjaw. Since that was his diet at the LFS I began to wonder and he has been keeping his beak open qu...

I'm in NC and If you'd be willing to ship a bunch I'd gladly pay for shipping through PayPal or something.

What do you guys feed your ghost shrimp? I'm currently feeding hikari algae wafers and dried seaweed dosed with garlic.

I realize that its not optimum conditions for two puffers to be housed in the same tank, but many have done it with great success and had the puffers reach full size and lifespan. If one or the other of my puffers was stressing each other out or fin nipping I will make immediate arrangements to reho...

My only concern is starving him since the GSP is in the tank with him. He is truly one stubborn puffer. I do have marmokrebs from aquabid on the way, and I'm hoping that will lead to a permanent solution.

Hey guys sorry for the absence. So after talking with the guys at the LFS I found out that his diet consisted of krill... Which to me definitely explains the lack of wanting other foods. He has eaten plenty of ghost shrimp and 3 fiddler crabs in the past 10 days. He is still turning his head up at c...

Squaffy: I've been soaking his food in garlic since I've gotten him to start eating recently. Any other suggestions on IP treatments? His stomach doesn't appear to be sunken in at all. For some reason he still won't touch clams or mussels... Chuck: I will definitely check out setting up a marbled cr...

I will definitely watch him and see. I have dosed my tank with pimafix and melafix after I brought him home from the LFS. Thank you for the advice. Where do you guys get your crabs and crayfish for your big puffers?

Pufferpunk: they said that they only had him for two days before I got him and that he was being stubborn for them. Chuck: okay awesome. I'm gonna have to find a way to make those more readily available. Do you go out and buy em in bulk? Good news! He ate about 5 ghost shrimp this morning when I dro...

I understand that aspect and how that tank will not be adequate for him even close to full grown, and I have illustrated that this tank is temporary and a 180g with a 55g sump refugium is in the works. However, seeing as the tank he was purchased from was a 20g that he shared with several other fish...