The Puffer Forum

He takes food out of my hand but other than that i havent ever touched him. Dont know if he's scraped himself, his hidey hole is under the filter so he possibly could have on the bottom of it. Think im gonna try melafix for him, hope it works cos he's ace! Shall reply back in a few days and let you ...

I used what bred said, a tblsp to every 5g. Would i be ok putting melafix in with the salt?

Ive just had another look at him and i would say theyre on the surface of his skin although i couldnt be definate. Would i be ok using a parasite tretment on him, or wouldnt they be suitable for puffers? Im still learning!!

Ive just had a look at his fins/gills and i think they look fine. They dont look red like on the photo. It may be because the pic is blurred or something. Ive added salt to his water change today, but something ive noticed is that the white patches seem to move, not as youre looking, but over a peri...

Im using gravel as substrate. I got some pics, theyre not very good but they may help. It sort of looks like its growing/living around his spots but not on them!?! http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a79/louisecheese/DSCF0345.jpg [/img] http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a79/louisecheese/DSCF0333.jpg [/i...

My t.turgidus has developed some white stringy things on his body. They are flat on his skin and look like a bunch of fibres. I dont know if its a fungus or a parasite, but it seems to have moved. He's got a patch above his eye and has a new one by his tail. His behaviour is normal but he seems to h...

yeah, the quarantine tank was fw. Is it worrying that hes been puffing up?

Hello, im new on this forum. I bought a puffer about 4 weeks ago which my brother has been keeping for me in a quarantine tank whilst my tank cycled. I got him home yesterday, he seemed fine. This morning i was watching him and as he was swimming towards the filter end of my tank he was puffing up! ...