The Puffer Forum

i removed the carbon for treatment

i have a dwarf puffer who got bit and i thought everything was fine ... there was a small roundish mark on her side on her body where it meets the tail ... after a few days it became a red round spot and i thought maybe she had got bit again so i took her out and put her in a hospital tank ... the r...

the tank is heavily planted ... there is only a very small area of about five inches by five inches in the front centre that you can see the substrate, otherwise it is heavily planted ... and the plants have been growing well for a year so it is quite bushy and they definitely can not see across the...

I have a 30 gallon tank that used to contain six dwarf puffers. The biggest dominant male claimed the tank and one of the girls as his own. He killed one male and I removed the other male. Now one of the girls has bit one of the other girls (there were four in the tank, one male, girlfriend and two ...

dominant male is big daddy
dominant male's girlfriend is called big daddy's girlfriend
there is fatty patty
and runt

70 plus fry but i only named the first one junichi because junichi was the only person who offered me support in breeding

i have moved her to a smaller tank by herself ... the area between her tail and body is very red ... how should i treat it ... aquarium salt, melafix, indian almond leaves ... any suggestions ?

The other fry seem to be doing fine today. I even got out a magnifying glass to see if their eyes are okay and all of them seem fine. I did another water change and they all ate this morning. When I first realized my puffs were spawning in my inexperience I killed the first two batches of fry but si...

he died last night other fry look fine this morning ... did another water change last night ... thanks for everyone's replies

I tested with serious shaking of the bottles, banging it on the counter and shake, shake, shake and my nitrates were between 0-5 ppm ... the puffer fry was in 2 litres of water and the hospital tank is 1 litre ...

Thanks for the replies from everyone. I am going to keep an eye on him but he has been in the Melafix most of the day and not much movement. I put one small live black worm in for him and he didn't eat it even when it was right in front of him

I just tested my water again right now and it is 0-0-0. I shook the bottle for at least 30 seconds. My water has been tested at my local fish store as well and it tests the same. The poor little guy is looking pretty bad now. And I should say again, his eyes have white stuff protruding like a mm or ...

To the person who sent the youtube video - My fry's eye's are completely covered with protruding white stuff, way worse than in your video. Where you able to fix the eyes of the puffers in the video? Do you know what it is? Is Melafix acceptable to treat him in? To the person about my water paramete...

I am using aquarium pharmaceuticals freshwater master test kit. Those have been my water parameters for months, well since last November when I bought the kit. Do you have any idea about the eyes?

I woke up this morning and one of my fry did not eat his worms. I looked closer and his body was darkened and he had what looked like cotton coming from his eyes. I put him in a hospital tank with some Melafix but he looks awful and not moving (cuz he can't see i am sure!!!) and not eating. The fry ...

They do seem little and no shipping, just local. Thanks for your reply, appreciated