reliable puffer retailer
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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.
reliable puffer retailer
I just got 2 new gsp from my lfs and they appear to be discolored which to my understanding is a sign of illness im interested if anyone can suggest a reliable online source to buy either gsp or f8 in the event i lose my gsp i instantly fell in love with these fish but my lfs seems to have an issue with healthy puffers
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purplecandle
- Mbu Puffer
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- My Puffers: Currently
2 Adult Green Spotted Puffers
1 Fangs Puffer
1 Baby Green Spotted Puffer - Location (country): USA (NC)
Re: reliable puffer retailer
Puffers change color if they are sick, stressed, hungry, too full...basically when ever they want to. Even while they sleep.
is there anything else going on? Are they eating? Skinny?
is there anything else going on? Are they eating? Skinny?
Re: reliable puffer retailer
Well i have 2 of them the larger one is discolored bit seems to be doing alright but the little guy is clamping his tail shimmying at the bottom and my girlfiend said was not very active most of the day
Re: reliable puffer retailer
They are eating very well been feeding them once a day and i try to feed at the same time every day and i vary between snails krill and uncooked shrimp also had a few ghost shrimp in the tank but I'm assuming they've been eaten
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JRC3
- Fahaka Puffer
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- Joined: Wed Jul 07, 2010 4:10 pm
- Gender: Male
- My Puffers: F8(55g)
F8 (46g)
4-DP(29g) - Location (country): U.S.
- Location: S.W. OH
Re: reliable puffer retailer
You have to understand that these fish are wild caught by locals who transport them to whoever/and/or a distributor. All along the way the SG and water chemistry is probably changed suddenly with each transaction. Then the puffs reach their country of origin and who knows how long they sit in customs. And then they hit that country's distributor and move on to the dist. center and shipped to the lfs...All along in the dark and probably gasping for oxygen.
The fish that make it to proper fish keepers are the ones who won the lotto. I always wondered what percentage of puffs (and other fish) that leave their natural habitat and are alive a year later. Anyone care to guess? IDK.
I saw a vid a few years ago of GSPs and F8s being wild caught upstream from estuaries but I've never been able to find it again.
This vid of otos being caught may serve as an example of what wild caught fish go through.
http://youtu.be/ilnitMs1LRk
The fish that make it to proper fish keepers are the ones who won the lotto. I always wondered what percentage of puffs (and other fish) that leave their natural habitat and are alive a year later. Anyone care to guess? IDK.
I saw a vid a few years ago of GSPs and F8s being wild caught upstream from estuaries but I've never been able to find it again.
This vid of otos being caught may serve as an example of what wild caught fish go through.
http://youtu.be/ilnitMs1LRk
There are many knowledgeable fish keepers on this forum willing to help and give great advice...The advice is free; What you choose to do with it gives it value.
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Pufferpunk
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Re: reliable puffer retailer
Please post answers to ALL the Qs above, in red.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
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"The solution to pollution is dilution!"