The Puffer Forum

I was wondering why FW systems have the 1in/gall rule wheras marine systems require 1in/5gallons ? Is it because the Oxygen concentration is less the more salt you add? and if that is so, would it be like making one of us live on Everest without extra Oxygen tanks? Actually, the 1 inch per gallon r...

I still don't understand how can GSPs be stunted in a small tank if they are healthy and eat normally. Isn't it growth rate is proportionate with the amount of food intake? A small tank does not allow a fish to grow appropriately. The body stops growing, the internal organs do not. Growth rate is n...

I can't imagine keeping a green spot in something that small!! He must have been so stunted and ill in health..

just because you can, dosen't mean you should..

thanks for the support everyone. I am getting over my loss, and realizing that I did what I could with what i knew. Im glad I know better now.

I don't know when I will get anotehr puff, but I know I will someday, and when I do, I will know even more on how to properly care for it.

Yeah - that definitely sounds like IPs...bummer. We've all learned disease/parasite diagnosis the same way at one time or another, so you're not alone. Go on, get a new one, you know you want to :wink: . Eric Yeah, im slowly getting over his loss. I buried him yesterday, i couldn't bring myself to ...

Lunarflame - that's how my figure 8 looks when it's feeding day (I feed every other day). Did bumble always look that thin? Also, how were your nitrates in that tank? When I had mine in a 10 gallon (he's now in a 20), I was doing 50% water changes twice per week. I'm really sorry about your loss......

How would I go about sterlyzing my tank that my parasite-ridden puffer died in?

Am i going to need to recycle? How do i make sure it's all clean?

So, my dear Bumble died, and we're pretty sure it was internal parasites. I want to make sure that if i get another puff, it will not have parasites. I want to treat with Levamisole, however it only works with a pH of around 6.6 My pH is 7.4 or so. So, here is my question, would it be ok to use an a...

My LPS just got more f8's in, and they are in quarentine.

How should i ensure that a new puffer dosent have internal parasites? how do i treat them?

Ammonia 0, nitrites 0.

Ph 7.2, SG 1.005

He was fed 3 snails every other day. I believe that on my other post, we figured out that he likely had an internal parasite.

I have some photos of him:

http://www.fotki.com/lunarlamb

These are when I first got him.. does he look abnormal? He was actually a little more sunken over the past few days...

His belly almost always looked tiny, not round like most puffers i see online. He was eating fine though, loved snails more than anything. Classic symptoms of IPs. Sorry for your loss. :cry: Oh no, are you serious? My poor bumble. I wish I would have known.. I wish I could have helped him. :( If I ...

Maybe I'm being too hard on myself, but I feel so incredibly terrible. You see, my F-8 puffer, whom I had for only 2 months, died this morning. I cannot, for the life of me figure out why. He seemed completly fine. There are so many things of course, that could have gone wrong, but I don't know what...

Could the fish have had intestinal parasites? That is pretty common in wild-caught puffers. Was the fish eating well? The rocks shouldn't have released chemicals. They are tank-safe...and were cleaned througly. As for the parasites, that is what I'm suspecting. I was actually going to ask about the...

Guys.. my bumble (f-8puffer) died. I don't know what went wrong. He had been acting funny ever since I put a new cave in his tank.. but I don't see how that would have killed him. I'm completly lost. I loved that fish so much, and I hadn't had him very long. I feel like such a bad owner right now.. ...