The Puffer Forum

It is uncertain - we don't have hard data. But when the scientific lit waffles on the topic, it makes you suspect there is at least some internalization. I would love to play with the topic myself, but that would be a whole room of tanks and a good bit of analytical equipment which I no longer have.

I can say for sure that some were cured, and some were not.
I have had three go from emaciated to ok, and 2 that are still showing signs of parasites.

Part of the problem I had is since I tried to feed them medicated bloodworms, they have negatively associated bloodworms, and won't eat them anymore.
They are currently on blackworms and snails.

I'm going to try a limited bath at a stonger dosage and see what happens to the two I'm still having problems with.

The second batch I got were very thin, but blackworms fattened them up quickly, so it was likely poor LFS feeding rather than intestinal worms. That made my life much easier. The blackworms seem a better conditioning food than even an all-snails diet in my tanks. After a couple of months you can try re-introducing bloodworms. I have some doubts about their long term memory...

I don't
Pami.
PS. Hope they'll be ok.

A little over a week later and here are some cute pics of our surviving girls. We're down to five but these pics are right after feeding and they're all quite pudgy. I'm hoping we've finally got this stupid parasite problem licked. It was heartbreaking losing so many, but here are the survivors. We've been feeding them blackworms.

Oh and if any of these are good enough to use for the puffer gallery, feel free.

I can't tell them all apart yet, but the one on the left here has oddly colored spots.



Well fed little girl.



More well fed girls.