The Puffer Forum

I hope you puffer makes it.

thanks guys, I don't want to disturb him, but he's underneath a plant at the back of the tank and has been there about an hour

I can still see his eyes moving a bit, but not much else. and you I can barely see his spots now he's so dark (I didn't know he could look so awful)

Im so sorry for you.

I'm sorry for him

Poor little critter.

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.

--What exactly were your parameters? Something had to have caused this all of a sudden.

He Died

the parameters were/are
ph: 8.5
Ammo: 0
Nitrite: 0
nitrate: between 0-10
sg: 1.008

I am sorry hun.
So very sorry.
Is everyone else in there ok?

Your Ph is a little high. Have you checked your calcium and alkalinity levels? If your Ph fluctuated too fast and he was already sick it could have made the situation worse. You said you recently did a WC?

yes i did a WC on Sunday, but the Ph is a constant 8.5 that's what the tap is. I don't know how to check calcium, but the alkalinity has been at about 300 since I started the tank.

Everything else appears to be just fine. Hootey is back to begging for food...

Aww I'm sorry!
At least he had a good life.

oh dear!

Poor little guy!

These puffs seem so tough, but are so fragile at the same time...

I can't see anything obviously wrong, and as long as the Ph was stable I can't imagine it being the problem...

To go downhill so fast it must have been something he ate, or him somehow injuring himself...

you really did everything you could.

Sad times.

thanks guys

So sorry for your loss

sorry Jase