The Puffer Forum

hmmm. They are a little thinner now. have been that way for a few months. I could try to take a picture.

what would I treat them with for internal parasites? I also have two otos with them... would they be okay with the medicine?

Hello, I feed my puffers live brine shrimp and live bloodworms. They eat only a little bit. there appetites have def decreases over the last few months. I am wondering if getting some snails they could eat might be a good idea. What type of snails will DPs eat? will they eat them at all?! how many? ...

Okay, an update. SOOOO... I found a place that has live brine shrimp. I fed them to my puffers and as far as I could tell. They didn't bite. I haven't actually seen my puffers eat now in well over a week. Yet, they still have little bellies, so they must be eating a little something... other then bl...

Maxx wrote:It's 99 pence lol I'm from England There live and in tubes of about 100. They look just like seamonkeys!

oh, I never heard of pence. anyway. i wish i could find that. that's awesome.

Maxx wrote:My lfs stock packets of brine shrimp at 99p its great! might try my hand at breeding them

I might be stupid, bare with me... what does 99p mean? 99 cents? are these live brine shrimp or frozen ones?

confused....

nope, no cats, no little kids. nothing... they have nothing to fear except... me i guess.

where can i get live brine shrimp? I don't think any of my lfs carry that.

none of them ate when I was watching. the food would go right past their faces into the gravel.

2 of them have decent bellies still, but one is thinning down.

is there a disease that DP's commonly get?

You never know what changes might hit a nerve and make the puffers nervous. If they dont' eat tonight I'd probably redecorate right away to something simular to what they have approved of in the past, and if they settle down and seem to enjoy it, not change it unless they behave oddly again. it can...

cuz someone recommended i try it. haha. i thought it would keep them entertained and curious. btw, I've done the rearranging every two weeks since I got them 6-7 months ago and they never seemed to mind until the last month. they have gotten really weird since then. there tummies are not sunken in.....

I'll try anything at this point. I just changed it last night so I'll leave it like that for a month this time... see what happens. not that I think they do have a disease... but how would I tell if they had a parasite? I almost never see them poop so I wouldn't know from that... any other signs I s...

Have you changed any decor? have you grown a beard, or changed your haircut? worth a shot :D Lol... i change my decor around every two weeks. It's only 10 gallons so it's not like its too different. just move plants, caves around. they never seem to mind it. i think they like the new surroundings. ...

let's see.

I got the Dwarf Puffers about 6 months ago or so... and I got the Oto's about 2-3 months ago.

The DP's used to come out even with the oto's swimming around.

My 3 dwarf puffers have been hiding for the last month among the thick plants. They used to come out to see me when I approached the tank, were curious about me, and very eager to eat. Now they appear terrified and only hide in small corners and only swim when trying to hide from me. They do not app...