The Puffer Forum

This is making me crazy. When I started feeding tonight, Tessa swam up off the bottom and started looking around like she was interested but never went after any of the food. She eventually settled back down and grabbed at the gravel a couple times. It is like she is hungry but can't track the food....

IP?? I'm trying to think of what that is the acronym for. Haven't seen her eat. When I add food to the tank, she swims around like she's in feeding mode but the food goes right past her. Normally her belly is kind-of rounded square and somewhat flat on the bottom. Just like in the bonnie3188 picture...

IP?? I'm trying to think of what that is the acronym for. Haven't seen her eat. When I add food to the tank, she swims around like she's in feeding mode but the food goes right past her. Normally her belly is kind-of rounded square and somewhat flat on the bottom. Just like in the bonnie3188 picture...

Okay there is a picture of Tessa in the User Gallery where I put a Baygl album. I put a picture of Tessa with her ventral skin sticking down like a fin, a picture of her teeth, a picture of the whole tank and two pictures of her clown fish tank mates. I took the pics tonight and if I can I will add ...

Allrightythen, I just got a Marineland GravelVacuum Siphon-Kleen that I can try. I had another old vacuum thingy for a fresh water tank I had years ago that worked with an air pump but it sucked out stuff into a filter bag and this new vacuum thing siphons water out of the tank. So sounds like my ne...

Anybody have any idea how long a Valentini Puffer typically lives?

I feed Ocean Nutrition's frozen fish Formula Foods. I used to buy three different kinds but then found the variety pack which I feed now. I started feeding the shrimp after I lost Tristen (my first puffer) and learned about the teeth problem. I don't feed the shrimp every day but just a little every...

Thank you for your responses. I'm very happy that Tessa is still alive but she is still not acting okay. She sits on the bottom of the tank when I can see her. The rest of the fish all look great and she even looks good. It is just her behavior that makes me worry. I did stop the nitrate-removing pr...

Hello, I have a Valentini Puffer in a 65 gallon tank with live rock, 4 other fish (2 clown, one 6 lined wrasse, and one blenny) and a brittle star. I set the tank up in June 2003, got the star fish July 24 and the clown fish, Nemo and Nemette, on August 16, 2003. I've had quite a few fish come and g...