The Puffer Forum

Sunday's Feeding............. Great news I dropped in two red claw crabs. Though I still don't feel Chongo was his usually instant hunt and destory self he did react quickly to the presence of the crabs in the tank. One he hovered over and sucked him up for some food the other crab quickly hid under...

Give us an Update KingFUGU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Update as requested: I am pleased to announce aganist all my feelings I have not feed Chongo. Also he is begging like a two year old for a piece of candy. No tongs needed I just walk up to the tank and he flutters his fins and starts to beg. That makes me s...

Antoehr update: Day 2 no food has been fed. I changed the tank around and he has started to swim and investigate the new surrounding. Also with not feeding him he is starting to eye up the Danios that have been in there for a few months now. I am starting to feel that it was me over feeding and allo...

Update, Did some visual test he responds and moves his eyes around. Doesn't seem like he is blind. I also did some more research maybe I wasn't being clear. Chongo was about 6 inches when I got him so they told me about 2 years old then. I have havd him for about two years. So all in all he is aroun...

Kind of you to say so! Cheers, Neale I always enjoy reading what Neale Monks has to say -- it always makes sense, and makes me analyse my own situation. You're a darn sensible guy Mr Monks!!! :D Thanks again for all of the help great advise across the board, looks like I have a lot of work to do to...

Thanks for all of your help, I think I am going to try and adjust the light cycle to more of what I am experiencing to see if he is just tired from not enough night time. I am also going to cut back on his feedings and see what happens when I introduce some live foods in 3 or four days. I am hoping ...

[quote="busybones"]forgot to ask....how long has this behavior been going on? and if you can, photos of the set up can be very helpful... I will see what I can do to get you pics, I will be home later this evening not sure if I can pull off any quality pics with my cell. Behavior has been ...

It couldn't hurt, I'm not sure if he's bord or not..Most puffers will pase the glass if they are bord. It's just hard to figure out really. As soon as Pookie sees me walk into the room he's at the glass wanting me to feed him or at least acknowledge that he exist lol Chongo doesn't express any sight...

Busybones- Ok so I am not that far off on the lighting, The room he is in is dim and no direct sunlight on the tank. I just have the full hood on this tank not the two seperate ones. Might be something to look into for me. Just wondering your thoughts on reagganging the tank to spice up his life a l...

[quote="busybones"]I think two or three days would be fine. In the wild it's been said that they can go several days without eating. I find it hard to make my puffers skip feeding days but you need to get to the bottom of the problem in case it's something that can cause more problems late...

If your fish appears blind without any previous trauma or infection to it it's likely caused by excessive lighting or poor nutrition. Dimming the lighting and improving the diet can in these cases help prevent more fish from going blind but will not help the fish that has already gone blind. I know ...

So if you followed that gallon/inch rule, you think your puffer would be OK in a 6g tank? That rule is only for 1-2" slim-bodied fish only. I would get your tests done at your LFS to be sure they are correct. No i do not think he would be fine in a 6 gallon tank. The fish needs room to turn ar...

putting food in with the tongs may not be a good indicator, since he may be responding with "learned behavior" at feeding time that response may be influenced by smell, sound, and especially timing if his feeding schedule is consistent Agreed I believe the responce to the tongs is a learne...

Your tank is overloaded and you aren't doing enough water changes. Period.[/quote] I understand what your saying as I said before, As far as the bio load goes I do get that as well. If the blindness was due to water quality I would imangine that ph/amonoia/Nitrate ect something would be off. Aside f...

As far a the breakfast in bed idea, I do know what you mean here I also keep a green spoted puffer that I bread from "freshwater" to full salt. I feed him generally the same types of food he did get lazy with the tongs, so I got back to more ghost shrimp, snails, hermits, ect. Chongo (Faha...