The Puffer Forum

Our fahaka puffer has not been eating for about ten days now. Whenever food is put in his tank, he just ignores it. He used to have such a big appetite and made it clear when he was hungry but now he is the complete opposite! He is about 6" and is in a 200uk gal. I have just done a water test a...

Ok...tank info... 190l (50 US gallon) tank. Been up and running for about 16 months. Cycled using guppies. Fish: 1 dwarf puffer, 1 leopard plec, 1 ram, 1 neon tetra, 2 clown loaches. My SAP and a neon tetra died this morning :( The ram seems to have more colour in him now (he was very dark and dull)...

I came home from work this evening to find a neon tetra and ram swimming at an angle (almost vertical) as if they were trying to keep themselves down. My SAP was laid on the bottom of the tank with quite rapid gill movements. She keeps getting up from time to time and like the others is swimming in ...

Thanks for your replies :) Is Melafix something I can buy in my LFS? Unfortunately the biting puffer is a MBU so a bit too big to put in the trap. I was only housing them together shortly until the MBU's home was completely ready but I guess even 1 day was long enough for them to be together. The MB...

I came home yesterday evening and fed my fish. I was observing them and noticed that one of my SAPs was not eating which was very unusual. As I looked closer I noticed that it looked like he had bite marks on his back, near his tail. He can still swim around fine and I have now isolated him from the...

I have 2 SAPs and one needs his teeth cut more than the other. In the past 6 weeks I have trimmed his teeth twice. Infact, I have literally just done both of them! The other one has only had hers done about twice in the last 4 months so I guess it depends on the puffer and what each individual one d...

I think next time I may try to do it while they're awake as I was so scared about sedating the poor little things!! But hopefully they should be ok for another 3 or 4 months now

While they're awake? How do you manage that?

I've just done the second one with a bit more success than the first. Although, he's taking a while to come round. He is breathing though so hopefully he'll be ok

Well I just did the first one...! She was in the water with clove oil for about 2 minutes and nothing happened so I put her in the container with tank water and then she started to go. But she didn't roll on her back, she just lay on the bottom motionless. I put my hand in the net and picked her up,...

Oh no :( Did they just not wake up after? The thing is I have 2 and their teeth are about the same length. They can still eat but their teeth just look so long so thought it would be best to do it now rather than leave it until the last minute. I've tried them with hard foods but they don't have any...

Tomorrow is the day of my first attempt at puffer dentistry…eeek! I’ve fully read the instructions in the puffer library but still have a couple of questions. Firstly, it says “For puffers under 4″, fill two, one-quart containers with 3 cups of tank water. Put 3 drops of clove oil in 1 container” W...

I think I'll go and get another one tomorrow then! I was thinking about getting another one so it gives me a good reason to

Whenever I come in from being out, my SAP is just laying on the bottom of the tank with motionless fins. As soon as he sees me he is back to life and swimming about as usual! Has anyone else ever experienced this? Maybe he needs a friend?

So dentistry it is then...! Is there a guide online anywhere? And where can I get the tools from? I'm so scared

I was wondering what the best thing apart from snails is to feed SAP's to keep their beaks/teeth trimmed? Would they eat cockles? And also do they instinctively know to eat the hard foods? Or is that a stupid question :redface: I've had small snails in the tank before when I had live plants and my S...