The Puffer Forum

this sounds exactly like what happened to my figure 8. besides being thin and not eating, can you tell us anything about the f8's behavior and physical appearance? are there any physical sores or ulcers, redness or inflammation? before they died, did you notice anything abnormal about the feces?

I've thought about it, the problem is that the ones that I got were really tiny, and I ordered them offline because none of the stores around me had any. Of course now they have them, but they are at least 5 times the size of the one that I have. I got them from thatpetplace.com and they still have ...

I wish I knew what happened though. everyone else is fine, water is fine.

She died yesterday

What exactly should I do then?

I think I am going to try tube feeding her. I am going to have to use clove oil to sedate her though, that's the only thing I have access to right now. For some reason the search function won't work for the forum, it keeps saying some error. I know it's probably posted somewhere else on here but wha...

She looks like she is wasting away. She won't eat anything except bloodworms, and even then she is really picky about them. She is having really jerky movements and sleeping all of the time. I'm really at a loss for what to do at this point

I don't have a big list either, but oh we'll 30 gal- 2 figure 8 puffers, 3 bumblebee gobies 10 gal- pond and ram shorn snails 10 gallon- 4 balloon belly mollies, friend asked me to care for tank while she moved to her new apt, and has now disappeared. So I suppose I am stuck with them now. 3 of whic...

I was going to wait until we moved to upgrade them, just because they just got in this tank 2 weeks ago, and because I don't want to put them through the stress of moving them again just yet. Especially since I am currently treating for ip's. They are in a 30 gallon right now

I do love my figure 8's. They are very funny and personable. I think I am going to pet them in a 40 or 55 when they get a little bigger. They are very small and already use the entire tank. I have always wanted a porcupine puffer, that's what started this whole tank thing again, but I wanted to wait...

And all of the pet stores are closed so I can't go check it anywhere tonight

Yes, the sg says 1.003 as of right now but I'm not entirely sure I trust it to be honest. It seems very finicky. But regardless that's what is says

Go online and check out all the pet retailers on the web, if you sign up for there emails they usually give you coupons which will help with cost. In addition, the prices are cheaper than pet stores and sometimes Walmart. Amazon is also a good place,mespecially if you have a prime account. I would c...

I went to dinner and came back home and she was on top of this rock structure and she was completely curled in and dark and breathing hard and rapidly. 0/0/20 Amm/ITE/ATE temp 80.9. I am assuming it is from the dying worms but is there anything I can do to help her?

Haha they definitely do, I think they are kinda cute though. I like fish with personality. The hairy puffer is definitely on my list though, I like that they practice puffing. I'm sure it would scare the crap out of me though for awhile, thinking it was stressed out and sick lol