Makes me curious, your having problems with this puffer and not the other?
Got anymore pictures?
Not a happy GSP.....
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Read this before posting!!
Since this board has been up, we have found there are several questions that routinely get asked in order to help diagnose problems. If you can have that information to begin with in your post, we'll be able to help right away (if we can!) without having to wait for you to post the info we need.
1) Your water parameters - pH, Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrates and salinity (if appropriate). This is by far the most important information you can provide! Do not answer this with "Fine" "Perfect" "ok", that tells us nothing. We need hard numbers.
2) Tank size and a list of ALL inhabitants. Include algae eaters, plecos, everything. We need to know what you have and how big the tank is.
3) Feeding, water change schedule and a list of all products you are using or have added to the tank (examples: Cycle, Amquel, salt, etc)
4) What changes you've made in the tank in the last week or so. Sometimes its the little things that make all the difference.
5) How long the aquarium has been set up, and how did you cycle it? If you don't know what cycling is read this: Fishless Cycling Article and familiarize yourself with all the information. Yes. All of it.
We want to help, and providing this information will go a LONG way to getting a diagnosis and hopeful cure that much faster.
While you wait for assistance:
One of the easiest and best ways to help your fish feel better is clean water! If you are already on a regular water change schedule (50% weekly is recommended) a good step to making your fish more comfortable while waiting for diagnosis/suggestions is to do a large water change immediately. Feel free to repeat daily or as often as you can, clean water is always a good thing! Use of Amquel or Prime as a dechlor may help with any ammonia or nitrite issues, and is highly recommended.
Note - if you do not normally do large water changes, doing a sudden, large water change could shock your fish by suddenly changing their established water chemistry. Clean water is still your first goal, so in this case, do several smaller (10%) water changes over the next day or two before starting any large ones.
Read this before posting!!
Since this board has been up, we have found there are several questions that routinely get asked in order to help diagnose problems. If you can have that information to begin with in your post, we'll be able to help right away (if we can!) without having to wait for you to post the info we need.
1) Your water parameters - pH, Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrates and salinity (if appropriate). This is by far the most important information you can provide! Do not answer this with "Fine" "Perfect" "ok", that tells us nothing. We need hard numbers.
2) Tank size and a list of ALL inhabitants. Include algae eaters, plecos, everything. We need to know what you have and how big the tank is.
3) Feeding, water change schedule and a list of all products you are using or have added to the tank (examples: Cycle, Amquel, salt, etc)
4) What changes you've made in the tank in the last week or so. Sometimes its the little things that make all the difference.
5) How long the aquarium has been set up, and how did you cycle it? If you don't know what cycling is read this: Fishless Cycling Article and familiarize yourself with all the information. Yes. All of it.
We want to help, and providing this information will go a LONG way to getting a diagnosis and hopeful cure that much faster.
While you wait for assistance:
One of the easiest and best ways to help your fish feel better is clean water! If you are already on a regular water change schedule (50% weekly is recommended) a good step to making your fish more comfortable while waiting for diagnosis/suggestions is to do a large water change immediately. Feel free to repeat daily or as often as you can, clean water is always a good thing! Use of Amquel or Prime as a dechlor may help with any ammonia or nitrite issues, and is highly recommended.
Note - if you do not normally do large water changes, doing a sudden, large water change could shock your fish by suddenly changing their established water chemistry. Clean water is still your first goal, so in this case, do several smaller (10%) water changes over the next day or two before starting any large ones.
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purplecandle
- Mbu Puffer
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Re: Not a happy GSP.....
He's a gsp as far as I know!
Got some positive feedback I wanted to share with everyone as a thank you! He was looking sluggish again today but gave him some blood worms which he chomped! also threw in some feeder shrimp which at first he ignored but has just been chasing a few around! not there yet but getting there and I'm holding thumbs for him! my water quality is sooo much better now!
again, thank you for all the advice! I have learnt sooo much and will be able to look after my puffers better!
off to the shop tomorrow to get him some nice big juicy garden worms, superb idea Pufferpuggirl!
Got some positive feedback I wanted to share with everyone as a thank you! He was looking sluggish again today but gave him some blood worms which he chomped! also threw in some feeder shrimp which at first he ignored but has just been chasing a few around! not there yet but getting there and I'm holding thumbs for him! my water quality is sooo much better now!
again, thank you for all the advice! I have learnt sooo much and will be able to look after my puffers better!
off to the shop tomorrow to get him some nice big juicy garden worms, superb idea Pufferpuggirl!
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pufferpuggirl
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crayfish - Location (country): Yorkshire, GB
- Location: South Yorkshire, UK
Re: Not a happy GSP.....
I'm glad that things are looking up for your GSP, that's what we love to hear! 
I'm pretty sure your puffer will love the earthworms, nearly all mine do. Please keep us informed. Hopefully your guy will continue to improve and things will be back to normal before long.
I'm pretty sure your puffer will love the earthworms, nearly all mine do. Please keep us informed. Hopefully your guy will continue to improve and things will be back to normal before long.
"Puffer .... man's best friend?"
Re: Not a happy GSP.....
Just a quick update!
My GSP is now back to his normal self and eating / behaving normally again! Just wanted to thank the forum members for your valuable advice! His diet now has weekly worms which are his new favourite, he practically eats them whole!
I will be installing a new pump to help with filtration soon!
Sorry for the poor quality photo but he was fanning his tail which looks awesome!
cheers
My GSP is now back to his normal self and eating / behaving normally again! Just wanted to thank the forum members for your valuable advice! His diet now has weekly worms which are his new favourite, he practically eats them whole!
I will be installing a new pump to help with filtration soon!
Sorry for the poor quality photo but he was fanning his tail which looks awesome!
cheers
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Pufferpunk
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Re: Not a happy GSP.....
He's beautiful! I'd like to see a nice white belly though.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
Re: Not a happy GSP.....
Thanks Pufferpunk,
He has never really had a white belly. I have 2 GSP's who started out the same size. The big one has grown about 3 times in size and most often has a dark belly as you can see. The other one has only grown about 1.5 times and always has a white belly, see attached photo! Its kinda weird but they both seem happy now and live together very well!
He has never really had a white belly. I have 2 GSP's who started out the same size. The big one has grown about 3 times in size and most often has a dark belly as you can see. The other one has only grown about 1.5 times and always has a white belly, see attached photo! Its kinda weird but they both seem happy now and live together very well!
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pufferpuggirl
- Mbu Puffer
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1 x T Schoutedeni
1 x T Leiurus
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- Location: South Yorkshire, UK
Re: Not a happy GSP.....
Does anyone think it odd that his GSP has spots on it's tail? I don't believe any of mine do, I think their tails are completely clear.
It's a beautiful puffer though.
It's a beautiful puffer though.
"Puffer .... man's best friend?"