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So, ever since last weekend my stars and stripes puffer stays dark green/black most of the time. I finally figured out what was wrong i think. I had a diamond goby that went missing, and he finally showed up today...dead and basically decomposing in my tank. i immediately removed it from my tank and...

So, ever since last weekend my stars and stripes puffer stays dark green/black most of the time. I finally figured out what was wrong i think. I had a diamond goby that went missing, and he finally showed up today...dead and basically decomposing in my tank. i immediately removed it from my tank and...

i have a large protein skimmer, its a vertex 180 protein skimmer. I will try the fan, i have a personal fan i can put in the sump, ill let you know how it affects the temp. thanks

bertie,

thanks for your help, i will get some at petco today. pufferpunk had some thoughts on my water temp, any ideas how to fix this as well? thanks again you folks really are a blessing!

and by skimmer i mean surface skimmer/overflow.

i have recently been more worried about the temp...i have an aquatic life t-5 setup right now...i'm assuming thats where the heat is coming from? should i look into an led set up to lower the temp? the temp monitor is near the top of the water so its reading 84 at the top of the tank. heat rises, so...

at least 90lbs if not more, i have a vertex protein skimmer. temp is around 82-84 what else do yall need to know? thanks for your help pufferpunk!

bertie, water parameters are as follows: pH - 8.1 ammonia - 0ppm Nitrite - 0ppm Nitrate - 20ppm Copper - 0ppm Salinity (measured with a refractometer) - 1.021 20% water changes every 4 days i realize i need to do more. these parameters are within range of where they have been for the past 3 weeks. n...

Thanks for your help this far. he seems to be acting more like his old self again, i have cut back on feeding only a couple of small pieces of bite size shrimp a day. the only other thing that i have noticed is my puffers eyes seem to be very hazy. what does this mean? thanks for your continued help.

i have only see him poop once since i've got him, but that doesn't really mean anything i am gone throughout the day. this morning i checked on him before work, and he doesn't seem to have a large belly anymore so i am assuming he has passed the waste. i will monitor him at lunchtime and report on h...

thanks for your response bertie, i sure hope so...when would i know if i need to treat with epson salt?

ph - 8.2 ammonia - 0ppm nitrite - 0ppm nitrate - 10ppm salinity - 1.022 90 gallon - 1 yellow tang, 1 large snowflake eel, 1 filefish, some hermit crabs, and snails 20% water change once a week no changes to the tank other than water changes been set up since 6/23/13 - fishless cycle My stars and str...

Worms an bloodworms are good. You can feed any uncooked and unseasoned sea foods from grocery stores thanks bertie for your quick response, ive been beating my head against the wall trying to figure out what to feed the little guy. so i can buy a bag of uncooked frozen shelled shrimp from the groce...

I have read the feeding articles in the library but I am still a bit confused about what to feed my Stars and Stripes puffer. I do not havea LFS nearby, and realize that krill and silversides are no good for my puffer. is their something i can buy at a grocery store that i could feed him? i am assum...

For a constipated SW fish, add 1 tbsp Epsom salt/5g. Discontinue the foods you are offering him. Krill is known to cause lockjaw in puffers. Your puffer is not a piscavore, so stop feeding it other fish, too: http://www.thepufferforum.com/forum/library/feeding/feeding-your-puffers/ I read the artic...