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I buried Spot in my backyard, behind some lilies. He even had a little box and a stone on top of his grave, TT^TT

Here is a pic of him in his coffin before it was closed. :/
http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/imag ... 747ed4.jpg

Last night, my dear little Spot slipped away from me ....thank you for all your advice. Maybe it will help me better take care of any puffers I may be privelledged to meet in the future.


R.I.P Spot.

Just changed the water ((at least 50%)) and added 3 more peices of decor.

((Spot's feces is white and stringy, but we put in a tablet for IP's last night. Should i put in another one?))

I know. :/ I am sure what we have is a chinese algae eater, sorry the pic wasn't that great. They are both ver fast, so i found the pic on the internet. We haven't been able to get another tank, so maybe we should move the smaller/freshwater fish out and convert what we have in to a brackish tank? (...

http://badmanstropicalfish.com/profiles/algae_eater.jpg

these are the Chinese algae eaters, if the last pic didn't work for you.



and here are the ?-fish

For those who asked about Spot's tankmates, he is housed with two Chinese algae eaters, two zebra danio's and two of another fish. I don't know it's name, but I put up a pic if anyone can identify it. http://badmanstropicalfish.com/profiles/algae_eater.jpg http://animal-world.com/encyclo/fresh/cypri...

Well, I tested for ammonia and did a pH test. we couldn't get a nitrate test. The results were 0 for ammonia, and a 7.2 reading for the pH. We also added around a teaspoon of aquarium salt and put in some dissolving tablets for treating IP's. He now seems to be "sulking" in the far top cor...

I am leaving today after school to get tests for Nitrates, ammonia, and such, and maybe also treatment for IP's, so I will update when i get back. The little guy looks pretty young, only about an inch long.

-28 gal tank -freshwater -four other fast moving fish for tank mates, as well as two small algae eaters -I fed him a peice of shrimp that had been in the fridge for about a week. ((gone bad maybe?)) Well, I just got a new puffer about a month ago, cute little guy, from Walmart. The jerks were keepin...