The Puffer Forum

Thank you Nick.

appetite increasing :D . "dent" is unchanged :( . Wondering if a little meat on his bones will help. keeping the nite's and amonias down. i havent been able to find anything out about the caved in side, wondering if he got himself wedged in something when he was swollen and there was skele...

No, poos arent white, in fact, if you look at that last batch of pictures ( esp #1 )closely, you can take a look for yourself. I wish they had ribs.

So, with the nitrites down below 20 (THANK YOU MYAJ), the fish has become un-swollen. He is VERY skinny, though IS eating small amounts. I know he has been eating, and tonight, I know he is excreting. HOWEVER, being so skinny, he has a sunken in, dented look to his rear left side, pictures below. He...

Swelling is gone today, he looks so small, and THIN, now im worried about him eating

Great progress today, hes hardly bloated at all. I am a little worries about his behavior, im worried that hes acting, well, kinda blindish, but i cant tell for sure right now. I will check all the water specs tomorrow and post em, as well as his eating habits tomorrow.

Not perfect, and his condition has been fluctuating lately, but he looks better today than he has in a long time.

He just started eating bloodworms a few days ago, Nusquam, before that he liked snails and plankton. Hes a picky eater to begin with, he did not eat bloodworms before. Hes still currently eating very small amounts of bloodworms. Hes a little (very slightly) less swollen today, color looks a little b...

I think he's just getting bigger, he still swims around, but his swimming is starting to look...weak, i cannot help but think he's gotta be miserable, and I hate that, wish I could do something.

Still just as swollen as ever. He did eat a very small amount of bloodworms both today and yesterday, yeah two days in a row, but not enough to overfeed him. Did another 50%er today, plan on doing another tomorrow. Ammonia and NO2 higher than 0, working on that. NO2: think it was between 0 and 0.5, ...

Sun 930PM CST, 33 hours since intial burping.

Still swollen. I tried to "burp" him again, no air was expelled.

Tried to feed him a small snail and some plankton, it doesnt appear that he ate anything. Swims in all areas of the tank, anyone still there? any more advice?

Sun 1230 PM, 24 hours: still swollen

SUN, 420 AM, 16 hours since burping:

still just as swollen, the spots around his head seem somewhat...gray? hard to tell in the lighting

3 hours later. He is still a little dark, was swimming around a little. Still VERY swollen, maybe more than a few hours ago, hard to tell, and lounging around at the bottom. His mouth is closed, which is new from the last couple of days.

Okay, thank you for the air-filled instructions. I saw the bit about the frozen foods, and rest assured he wont be getting any more frozen plankton, no matter how much he liked it. It is approx 1230PM CST, and I just got done "burping" the puffer as instructed. I did manage to get 3 very s...