The Puffer Forum

Thanks all, I would consider keeping another puffer - an mbu would be amazing but seeing as I fell into mbu ownership without knowing about their potential size, this time I would opt for something a little smaller. However finding a smaller puffer with the same amount of personallity will be diffic...

Well ~I feel utterly miserable now Barry took a definate turn for the worst today not moving or even responding much if I touched him, having failed to find a vet I could reach after having rung literally very one I could think of from the RSPCA to The London Aquarium I decided enough is enough and ...

yeah had a look but this is deffo not worms - I have found a vet who can sort it out on Monday but I'll have to keep him happy till then. thanks for the help I'll keep you all informed.

another picture showing the severity, I believe I may have inadvertantly caused the issue myself by overfeeding him. I had feed him 2-3 cockles 3 times a week for the last couple of years when it occured to me that he looked a little thin compared to other mbu's so i decided to up his feeding to 3-4...

biggest problem now is trying to find a vet in my area who can help - fish vets seem few and far between any one know of one in Surrey/Kent/East Sussex? :( On the plus side he is swimming now and not just sitting on the bottom, I spoke to a vet who used to treat fish who advised me that because of t...

Thanks Dadof4 pictures now added to my album http://www.thepufferforum.com/forum/ug.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=21116 http://www.thepufferforum.com/forum/ug.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=21119 the pictures show the distension, I definately don't think this is worms it i...

obviously it didn't work..............how do you post pictures?

if this works then you should see a photo of him in the isolation tank

I hope somebody can help - I've not been on here for ages but this morning I noticed that Barry (my mbu) was having a very red looking crap. On closer inspection it looks more like part of his gut! - To make things worse the pakistani knife fish tried to eat it and dragged it out further! Instantly ...

I feed my mbu on frozen whole shell cockles they cost £5.99 for 1/2kg in the uk so at Barrys current size a bag lasts around a month. I try to vary it with Prawns when we have them and the odd langoustine treat