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Jumbo is doing very good, her mouth, that was open like in the pictures I sent but now has closed more now, I think the snails helped with her teeth. Today I went snail hunting and now that I have the plants I will start breeding them so I will have a good food resource for Jumbo. She swims more, st...

Thank you very much for all your advices, thanks to them my baby girl has improved a lot and is only tuesday I can't wait to see how she recovers by the end of the week. I stopped the methylene blue and I will make a water change today or tomorrow.
Again, thank you so much.
Maria & Marco

Jumbo is doing a lot better, I fed her 4 snails saturday afternoon and 3 at dinner and she just LOVES them, and today sunday she ate 4 for breakfast and 5 for dinner, but I'm not sure of how many I should give her. Could somebody please give me orientation about breeding the snails or an alternative...

she's improving a little , i gave her some snails and she seems to like it.
How many snails and times a day i have to feed her in her state?
thanks for your help
marco&marilu

Ok I have made the last measurement five minutes ago and the results of the test are: -PH : 8.5 -Ammonium / Ammoniac : 0 mg /l -Nitrite : 0.3 mg / l. -Nitrate : 10.0 mg / l. The fish is 6.5 cm long and 2 years and months old and her name is Jumbo. I'm assuming it is a female because she was larger t...

WELL, HELLO I'M IN A SERIOUS NEED OF HELP, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO OR PROCEED WITH MY SPOTTED PUFFER, IT'S BEEN ALMOST A WEEK AGO SINCE SHE BRATHS VERY ACCELERATED, DOESN'T EAT (I HAVE A STICK WHERE I PUT HER FOOD AND TRY TO MAKE HER TO EAT) BUT MOST OF THE TIMES SHE GRABS THE FOOD AND SPIT IT. I TH...