The Puffer Forum

I really appreciate all the help.
Thanks, folks i'll keep you posted.

He seems to be doing better swimming and all now, but i haven't seen him eat, how long before I should start worrying?

Sorry guys, I do know all about brackish but I was under the impression that freshwater was fine. I looked into it when I first got him and decided to leave him because I was under the impression he was fine in freshwater and I didn't wanna mess with mixing. I thought you meant switching him to brac...

What do you mean by brackish? I have always kept him in freshwater, but I do use aquarium salt, although I don't think that is what you mean?

Yes he is back in the main tank. He just sits and floats unless I coax him in which he will flutter around the tank again until I engage him again. Any ideas?

Well he is hanging on barely, he pooped but I have yet to see him eat. He is still deformed and favoring the fin and gills and side he was burned on. He color still looks great, he hasn't really swam much. Any more help?

i moved water over from the main tank and did a partial change on it. he's not been eating snails lately but has been doing well otherwise. will the polyguard by seachem do just as well? i was told by my LFS to do the daphnia with some garlic dosing but I have yet to find the garlic locally to incre...

FIrst off, I moved him into a hospital tank and treated him with stresszyme, pimafix, and polygaurd by seachem. I am also feeding him Daphnia and I upped the salt in his hospital tank as well as the temp and gave him places to hide. What bothers me is now on top of the very bad burn his body is cont...

Ok, my first fish, figure 8 puffer like the title got stuck behind the heater this morning and scalded. His side is sunk in and he's burnt pretty bad. Can someone please help me with what to do or diagnose him. I have been through two catastrophes with him before and I am very attached to him, and I...