The Puffer Forum

I just purchased my first puffer. His name is Moses, the Fahaka. I have him in a very colorful 150 gal tall tank. First couple days were touch and go and I'm certain he had a serious parasite infestation. I treated with PraziPro, water change a few days later and another PraziPro treatment today as follow-up. The day after the first treatment, his appetite returned in full force. He devoured about 10 small snails, 2 slugs from my garden and an earthworm throughout the day. Today he has consumed a few more snails and his color has really started to return to what I see in photos of these guys. The first few days his color was dull grey, almost zero yellow and his stomach was totally sunken in. I am seeing really good changes in his color and activity. It may be hopeful thinking on my part, but I swear he has grown about 30% in the little over a week I've owned him. He is currently about 2.5" maybe a bit more, but when I brought him home he definitely was less then 1.5" and super skinny. I am so happy I got this little dude. I have high hopes he is on the mend now. He loves the high flow areas of the tank, and is very responsive any time I approach the tank he darts right to the surface. So smart for being just a little guy. Can anyone help me with how I can post some photos of him to see if anyone thinks he is still on the skinny side or if he's looking good now?
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Great save, glad he's doing so much better! Kudos for giving this lil fella a BIG tank to grow into, too.
You'd have to upload your pics to a photo storage site & link them here.

Some photos
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Thoughts on how he's looking?
Water tests perfect zero ammonia, zero, nitrites, less than 5 ppm nitrate, ph around 7.4 to 7.6 temp at about 80-81 with aquarium salts in the water as well as a dose of Melafix to get rid of a bit of velvet looking stuff. Any advice is welcome

Looks great, very healthy!

So a quick question. I have noticed just a couple very small white specks on Moses. Literally only a couple very small grain of salt size specks. Should I treat for ich? Or wait to see if he clears it up on his own?

What's their salinity level?

I have 1 tablespoon per 10 gallons currently.

That's not brackish. Get yourself a hydrometer or better yet, a refractometer with calibration solution.

I thought Fahaka puffers were strictly fresh water.

LOL, I'm so sorry, thought this was a post about GSPs. Too many puffer questions!
That is good on the salt then. Watch & see.