The Puffer Forum

Upon my arrival home, RIP. I wish I could send him out to some lab to make sure. That's now 0-3 for me and GSPs. Not sure what to do now...and my GSP book was almost done. So much equipment. Think I need something less IP infested. Thanks everyone for the help over the past 6+ months. It really is a...

One last item...what kind of tubing can one use? Walgreens doesn't stock catheter tubing...what else would suffice? Otherwise, got my syringe, more prazi, and the clove oil. Any help in the next few hours before I take action would be of great help. Especially when it comes to the oral dose of prazi...

Tube feeding should be considered well before euthanasia. Fill a syringe with a slurry of meaty foods, vitamins, and prazi. You may need to sedate for this so it doesn't bite off the tube that will be attached to the end of the syringe. I there are several threads or possibly an article about this ...

Indeed PP, indeed. The worst thing is that these challenges of these sensitive fish are kinda taking it out of me. I'm resigned to possibly needing to go with other fish that are a bit more robust - even though the issues of this one don't seem to be lack of care. The personalities make you attached...

2 days ago, it appears the IP's took hold again...must have still had it. He's the only fish in it. No warning, just won't eat anything now. And I look for the signs. Emaciated. Grey belly. Perfect water conditions...I do 8gal changes on Wednesday, 12 gallons on saturdays for a 36 gallon bow front. ...

I bought that book...it's pretty expensive for its size and is highly scientific in approach. Not a real easy or fun read though. Aesthetically, it's real bad, but contains a lot of valuable info if you want general, widespread info. Feels like an almanac....or something you get from a professor. Th...

Hey all. I have a GSP that gets pretty nervous each time I clean the tank...sometimes going black-bellied. He always comes out of it, but I need to get a deep clean in the tank, take out the decor and clean it, do a really good gravel vac, etc. When I do that, it removes his hiding spots and stresse...

I have a GSP named Otto.

I experience the oddest thing with my new gsp. He seems to be skinny before feeding...and so I give him krill...but he gets immediately fatter BEFORE ingesting it. A semi puff? So odd. Me, my bro, and wife all just watched it happen.

To early to tell, but he definitely gobbled up one of the shrimp, and a bunch of prazipro soaked and gut-loaded brine shrimp. He had a ball chasing them all, came out for the first time in days. He came out this AM too, greeted me, wanted more food, was white-bellied. I think...errr...hope we're on ...

How about injecting the meds into an earthworm? That's an option I'll try if I can't get him to respond to things he needs to chase. The LFS suggested using a gut-loaded feeder guppy by soaking it's flake food in it then putting it in the tank...I'm going to try both live brine shrimp and live ghos...

I know that PraziPro is supposed to kill invertebrates...has anyone has any luck with gut-loading live brine shrimp or ghost shrimp w/ PraziPro? Unsure how to do that...saw a post on reef central where a guy basically put this in the brine shrimp water for about an hour, drained the water, and added...

IME baths do not work oral ingestion is the only effective way to treat. Mine will often spit out food once he's identified the Prazi. But the first dose is usually enough for him to purge some others may be able to add some more insight. Yeah, I've gotten to the point where I'm trying a 1 drop Pra...

Yeah, I dunno. He's been sitting near the bottom for 3 days now...black belly, timid, anti-social. He comes out once in awhile, but not for long. Mostly, he's just sitting at the bottom. I can't really get him to eat much of the medicated food...I've been trying to find the right prazipro-to-garlic ...

I'm about to say something that only Puffer owners would say....

WOOOHOO! Stringy, white GSP poop today! LOL!

Still a blackish belly...and being ultra timid...