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well just thought I would let yall know that Pooty didnt make it -

I checked the tap last night and it does have a lil nitrate and ammonia but very lil - i did a wc and he still is acting wierd - he wont eat but he is not skinny he looks healthy other than not paying me any attention and not interested in the food

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Ok so I am going to order that now anything else u suggest I get for puffer care

I dont trust the strips - I will be getting a test kit soon if I didnt live an hour away from the closes store with them I would get them tonight but I did test my tap water after I put water conditioner in it and it shows a low amount of nitrates so whats up with that - but i think he was constipat...

and what would make it go up when i did do the wc shouldnt have went down at least some not up

so what should I do a larger wc - how much

ok I dont have exact #s I have the test strips sorry I will be buying a better test kit PH 7.2-7.8 Ammonia .25 -.5 Nitrite .5-1.0 Nitrates80 What that poo I just did a water change 20% and it got worse I used Tetra water conditioner and Tetra easy balance and it went up - He isnt actin normal - this...

Ok my gsp is Pooty andI hope it is alright to give my cichlids:Marmaduke(4 1/2in),Sharky,Stripes,Specs,Peaches,Rex,Gillie and a black fin shark catfish named Bruce like the shark off of Nemo hehe

awww thanks he is awesome - I love him so much its hard to think I just happened to buy him from walmart thinking he was a dwarf puffer imagine my suprise during research haha

Hello everybody - cool pics - my name is Amber and this is my first post - here is a pic of me and my dh(dear husband)