The Puffer Forum

Thanks everyone. I have treated all the fish with prazipro. I can never catch any of them doing poo so I don't know if they have/ had parasites or not. I'll keep a close eye on them and Prazipro them again if it looks like any of the others might have them. Fingers crossed that's the end of puffer t...

Hello all
Unfortunately my puffer didn't make it. I fished him out of the tank this morning.
The other 3 look great. The prazipro doesn't seem to have done them any harm. Hopefully they'll stay that way..
Thanks for everyone's help.
mary

Thanks for the replies. I hadn't spotted the prazipro advice - thanks for that. I'll guesstimate my puffer weight and see if that compares to the dose he's been getting. I haven't been able to catch him doing a poo so I'm not sure what it looks like. With respect to a quarantine tank. As far as feed...

Hello all I've had my dwarf puffers a couple of months now. 3 of them look great with nice round tummies and seem really happy. My 4th puffer doesn't seem to be doing so well. The 4th feeds pretty well but hasn't put weight on and has a pinched looking tummy. I thought it may have been internal para...

Thanks for the advice. I'll feed them once daily. I wasn't sure about stocking the tank as people's advice varies so much. I've been trying to work out what my male / female ratio is, as I think I might have a couple of males and that would probably explain their aggression. They tend to swim at eac...

Hello! I've just got some dwarf puffers, 4 in a 60 litre tank (it was 5 but one didn't make it through the first 48 hours). I'm needing some advice on a couple of things 1) How much do I feed my puffers? I'm worried about overfeeding them but then don't want to underfeed them either. When I first go...