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...and I dumped the bag into the skillet and I swear they landed in this configuration - I didn't move them one bit! Looks just like my GSP waving to me : )

Thanks to those who voted for mookie! I was distracting mookie to give the snail time to climb up the glass but then had to snap quickly, that snail did NOT stay around long!

There's some fun pictures this month, I had trouble deciding!

sorry jdak, I think I snuck mine in before you...

Thank you everyone who voted for Mookie - I wish he were still here to thank you too.

Great photos this month!

Mookie the green spotted puffer died this morning. Although his life was short, he brought so much life to my apartment and happiness to my life. I will miss him so much.


thank you for your advice and help.

-Emily

I injected a worm with some disolved medicine but was unable to get him to eat. He's been floating around aimlessly bumping into things and the hole in his head is deeper and looks worse. He sort of had a spasm and I watched his pass some very strange white-ish stuff, almost liquid. Very thin and wi...

I'm new to puffer care myself and can't help with the ick questions, but I can tell you that I wish I had treated my GSP for IP's while he was still eating. He was fairly thin when I got him but seemed to be rounding out and his poo was normal. However, only after he stopped eating did his waste sho...

I did a %50 water change and added more medicine. The bottle says to repeat every other day until symptoms go away. I think I will do %50 water changes and add 2 spoonfuls with the replacement water. Should I add 4 spoonfuls every other day? What do you recommend? Also, I think he might have HITH. T...

Ok Thanks so much. I hope I didn't mess up already. I won't be able to increase the dose until later tonight.

He's looking pretty bad. just hovering the whole time, I have to keep making sure he's still alive. I hope he starts eating soon. I'm going to get s syringe soon so I can inject his food.

Thanks so much. I found some metronidozole and started using it tonight. Can you recommend a dosage? The container says 1-2 spoonfuls per 10 gallons. I used less than the recommended dosage as I know puffers being scaleless do better with smaller doses but I also read it's difficult to overdose metr...

Thank you so much Nick. I will look into this. I think I need to try something more drastic than the metafix/pimafix. Today he is showing clear signs of IPs. His poo has been normal until today, white pearl-like encasings, and his stomach is starting to look pitted. I ordered some jungle tabs. I hop...

I'm not able to take pictures of mookie's tummy before and after eating because he's stopped eating : ( I've tried every kind of food I can. He nibbles at some raw shrimp and even less at the earthworms. He's getting skinny and the black lines on his belly don't go away. He spends most of the time s...

Just like a little puppy : )

I caught mookie sleeping. His colors aren't too faded but his tail is curled. hope this helps.

I am also thinking about treating for IP's and I searched on ebay and there are a lot of different 'Jungle Fizz Tabs' Can you tell me more specifically what I'm looking for? maybe Jungle pond fizz parasite treatment?