The Puffer Forum

I never fed him krill. I had read that it could be harmful.
He ate Freeze dried blood worms and live ghost shrimp.

Update: He has passed. And I did discover that his jaw was broken. I have no idea how that hapened.

I could not get a good pic and the videos I took would not load.
So I put them on You Tube.

http://youtu.be/MJ22GuqT0F8

http://youtu.be/5mcQZCqpVDo

I hope you can see the discoloration on the left side of his face. It's kinda pink and maybe swollen.

I have not fed him Krill, because I have readt that about puffers.
I feed him blood worms and FD baby shrimp and Live gost shrimp.

I have fed him snails once.... but it was a long time ago. I couldn't get them small enough, he would suck the out of their shell. But I used to feed him gost shrimp and FD shrimp and blood worms.

Ok, I got the only test kit that Pet Supermarket had (store brand). and here are my results. Temp 75 No Ammonia or Nitrite Nitrate is about 17 I got to look closely at his face today and the left side of his mouth is a little pink and looks a little swollen. is it possible for him to break or sprain...

I am going to the mainland this weekend. I will look for a "real" pet shop. My shop here is not helpful.
I will look for a new text kit also. Can you recomend one?
This eating problem is very recent. I don't know if the salt is the problem... but I'll look into that too.
Thank you

I have taken some vid of him trying to eat.... I have to wait to get home to load it.
Thank you!

He is a figure eight.
When I looked up his species online, salt was recomended.
When I do the water change, I keep about a gallon of the old water to help with the transition.
I have had no problem with him before this and I have had him for a little over a year.

I was afraid at first when I had to trim my puffers teeth too. The trick is to sedate the fish (again... a frightening thing). And buy sharp cuticle cutters (important if your puff is small). I went to a health food store and got some Clove oil. I put one drop of oil per 1cup of water in a small buc...

1. The pH is 7, ammonia, nitrite and nitrates are all 0. the water temp is around 70 F 2. Paul lives in a 10 gallon aquarium and has 3 small corry cats as tank mates. Has a guppy buddy (was meant to be eaten, but has now grown to large) and a few gost shrimp (who have also grown to large for cunsump...