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by TurboPuffer
Wed Apr 01, 2009 12:29 am
Forum: Hospital
Topic: Sick Ceylon Puffer, please help before he dies!
Replies: 14
Views: 1803

Re: Sick Ceylon Puffer, please help before he dies!

yes today when I got home from work I fed him half a cube of blood worms, he ate it all by himself. his tummy was still not big as before. so just 5 min ago he ate a full cube of blood works and the gsps ate the left overs as they're bellys are way full from the fish store still lol. the ceylon is v...
by TurboPuffer
Tue Mar 31, 2009 12:23 pm
Forum: Hospital
Topic: Sick Ceylon Puffer, please help before he dies!
Replies: 14
Views: 1803

Re: Sick Ceylon Puffer, please help before he dies!

yep its cycled and still fresh water. I have all the proper stuff to convert to brakish slowly starting today. I realize i need a bigger tank and i will for sure upgrade. They are still young so i hope theyre fine for now. I think i may have saved my other ceylon cause the symptons have disappeared ...
by TurboPuffer
Tue Mar 31, 2009 8:57 am
Forum: Hospital
Topic: Sick Ceylon Puffer, please help before he dies!
Replies: 14
Views: 1803

Re: Sick Ceylon Puffer, please help before he dies!

well i called up all the local big al stores and the closest match were gsp's. So i went to check em out and they had about 10-15 in a small 20 gallon. Most of them were small and had really black bellys. However i found 2 with white bellys, 1 is as big as my ceylon and the other slightly smaller. I...
by TurboPuffer
Mon Mar 30, 2009 8:18 pm
Forum: Hospital
Topic: Sick Ceylon Puffer, please help before he dies!
Replies: 14
Views: 1803

Re: Sick Ceylon Puffer, please help before he dies!

He isnt skinny at all, he's a big guy he was much bigger than his friend. Right now his belly is whitish grey. I will start with the salt starting today. So either he could be stressed from losing his friend or the nitrate spikes? How do I know if he'll eat and not die on me? he looks healthy other ...
by TurboPuffer
Mon Mar 30, 2009 4:16 pm
Forum: Hospital
Topic: Sick Ceylon Puffer, please help before he dies!
Replies: 14
Views: 1803

Re: Sick Ceylon Puffer, please help before he dies!

oh and I forgot to mention he still lives in freshwater. I was planning on converting to brakish slowly starting the next water change.
by TurboPuffer
Mon Mar 30, 2009 4:04 pm
Forum: Hospital
Topic: Sick Ceylon Puffer, please help before he dies!
Replies: 14
Views: 1803

Sick Ceylon Puffer, please help before he dies!

Hey everyone, I never got to introduce myself properly to this site, but I need help now and can get a chance to chat with some of you and hopefully save the little guy. I had 2 ceylon puffers in a 40 gallon tank, later on I realized they need much more space down the road, still small about 3.5&quo...
by TurboPuffer
Tue Jan 06, 2009 1:09 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Green Scat attacking GSP
Replies: 3
Views: 2159

Green Scat attacking GSP

Hello everyone, Im new to the forum as you can tell. I have 2 green puffers and a green scat, and 1 columbian shark in the tank. It is a 10gal tank, as my bigger one just got cycled after waiting for 2 weeks. well the fish were all good with each other for the first couple of weeks. then 2 days ago ...