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Hey thanks for the feedback. Thanks for saying they look healthy :) So the cooked food was a filler as I checked my whole town for uncooked and there wasnt anything to be found :( Raw is my go to usually. ive tried to serve on shell but the meat literally lifts off and they grab any piece and pull t...

Just to wrap up this mystery, it would appear the surface agitation was not sufficient and this was causing the low oxygen. After redirecting the outflow over the top of the water I have since had 0 issues, though the puffers have had to get used to an increased flow of water. Also the medication fo...

Hey fellow Puffer keepers :) I have been scouring the internet to validate how I am preparing the food im serving up to my 3 Figure 8 puffers. Specifically im looking for advice and images of how people prepare Mussells, White Clam and Razor Clam ready for their puffer to eat. Currently my guys are ...

So I had stopped with the new "dried snails" food and the issue hadnt come back I thought yay thats got to be it but.. I did my weekly maintenance today, tank water didnt look as clean as it usually does so did around 70% WC as on has some cloudiness to one of its eyes. Added in some API M...

They usually read about 0. So things had gone back to normal after around 5 days of 50% WC, However.... Yesterday they started again! :*( I changed 50% water, and this morning back to the top i did 30%, and within 2 hours they are back at the top! Im about to do another 50% change, its madness. I ha...

Hi Pufferpunk thanks for you reply. I know right its so odd My liquid test kit is AP Freshwater Master test kit and my sticks are API 5in1. My other two tanks of tropical are absolutely fine (same tap water. I can try and link photos/video if i can work out how :) Edit: Todays update; - AM they were...

So update: all three have been mouth to surface for the last 6hrs, I caved in and changed c50% water and they are now swimming freely and investigating as normal... though this seems to be the trend and fear ill wake up to the same cycle again tomorrow :/

Hi Puffer forum :) I'm a new Figure 8 puffer owner, with a few years experience with keeping "regular" tropical fishes but I really need you collective help with these new guys :( Answers to the red rules are: 7.5PH / 180 GH / 0 Ammonia / 0 Nitrite / 20 Nitrates / unknown salinity (new hyd...