The Puffer Forum

I got home from school today and another was dead. Last night one seemed anxious and wasn't eating. He is the one that died. The one GSP who was doing the worst is now the survivor. He ate himself silly last night. (lol, jk) Please tell me if you would like to own my last little buddy.

their color is sooooooo much better since i added salt regularly. ^.^ i wish i could keep them, but sadly i can't...

Yes I'm adding dechlorinator. I am using Instant Ocean, and yes I am dissolving it before I add it. I have been doing daily 50% changes and am working on pictures. No, the pic on my avatar is a DP, not the fish I have.


sadly, I woke up today and one of the puffers were dead.

When I first got GSPs, I got 2 of them and they had moody coloration - changing all the time. When they ate, they would turn black,curl up, and writhe like they were in a lot of pain. Turned out they had internal parasites. I ordered some Flubenol-15 from ebay and it cleared one right up - but for ...

yeah I think they're fine, just stressed about the lack of room. It's harder for me to tell if there is a small problem with them because I don't know much about GSPs, just DPs.

otocinclus catfish are great! I had 3 in with 3 GSP.

it's weird b/c 1 minute they're fine and the next they are all wacky. i'm feeding them snails right now........


well I added some salt when I changed their water and they seem really happy now. pics later =D

crazedpuffer wrote:It's probablly not ich, oes it look like salt is on him or does it look like he has goosebumps?

more like goosebumps, it's not white or anything. Doesn't stand out much ,s o..

so how's it going? I know this post is a year old but I just read it and I want to know how it went?

now i'm wondering if maybe the faded one has ich? he looks grainy. again, I'll try to get pics but my bro doesn't get home from his trip till about 6 pm....


anyhoo I've had one offer on a home for these guys, or at least one, if anyone else wants any of them just post!

No, dwarves don't curl up when they are in pain either. Curling their tail helps them maneuver through the water, they do it when they are sleeping too, it's not a sign of pain don't worry. Okay well I just got all my information from one site, http://www.dwarfpuffers.com ,a couple months back when...

Nick wrote:They curl up when it's dark because that's often how they sleep.

Okay that's good news but isn't it true they curl up when they're in pain? Or is that just Indian Dwarf Puffers?

aww, I can't believe they'd flush returned fish! but no way, I'd never think about returning them to walmart. I wouldn't have bought them there either but they looked really healthy at the time compared to some of the other fish there, and I was going to buy them somewhere else... really long story....

Pufferpunk wrote:Are you doing water changes? Add Prime as you do.

I changed a bit of the water earlier today. and sorry if I sound stupid, but what do you mean by prime? I'm on live chat in the lounge if anyone would rather talk there?

I won't have a camera until tomorrow because my brother is using it but after that I'll try. The one puffer who wasn't doing good is now curled up in the corner. :( :confuzzeled: i dunno why. I just got him to eat and now he's worse :grump: I'm going to isolate him in the breeder net I have in case ...