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it doesnt look overgrown... but i havent gotten a closer look since she swims away whenever i get near... just bought some ip medicated food at aqualife along with another gsp(got the guy to feed him to make sure he ate, i felt so bad for him! i think the other bigger gsp nipped on his fins so he was just lying under a rock and his body was completely black, his tails about half gone) im hoping kirby seeing the gsp eat will get her to eat again. is there any way to like force feed the medicated food to her? or should i just try to get bloodworms covered in it and give her those?

edit(2 hours later): so i gave the rest of the blackworms to the new puffer, kirby was a little interested. the medicated food i got is little pellets(thought it would be some kind of mushy stuff ) so i put some with a little tank water to sit overnight so itll turn into some mush i can thaw out bloodworms in. hopefully kirby will eat some in the morning and get some medicine in her... surprisingly, her stomach was just flat, not curved in at all when i let the gsp loose. maybe she was lonely *shrugs*, she was definately interested in what the gsp was doing lol. if i find that she doesnt eat any bloodworms, im going to see about getting some clove oil so i can check her beak and maybe push some medicine into her stomach tomorrow afternoon.

just in case you didnt see it, the update is on the topic part of the thing!

I'm really glad to hear that things are going well. Give her an extra worm from me!

That's good news! Persistance paid off this time .

thanks! im going to take a few pics of her then use my boyfriends computer to get them from my camera

Good to hear!