The Puffer Forum

A week on and he is still improving, back to hand feeding in the morning which is good. Now and again he seems to dart around but only for a few seconds and then he settles again, it is becoming much less frequent as well.

Interestingly, I went to the lfs to see the old Plec and he too seems to be more settled - he likes having his nose tickled now - something we'd have never managed while we had him. He sticks to the side of the tank with his nose at the top wating for attention! The owner is thinking about keeping him rather then selling him on again.

So, good news for both fish I think.

Today was water change day, I have never left it 2 weeks before so I did a water test beforehand.

Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 5

So still very good, I still did about 20% change though. Instead of being spooked, this time Clarkson was cautiously interested in what I was doing, he'd swim around the vac cleaner (and my hand!) now and again. This has to be good news, he is growong in confidence again. He still has a way to go - he can still be a bit jumpy (and I do worry about the way he crashes into the heater/sides/lid sometimes) but each day seems better than the last. He looks beautiful as well, really brightly coloured

Great post Nick! Water changes can only inprove your water quality, not change it for the worse. If you do enough of them, they will remain almost as clean as your tap water (ummm... not that I'd drink it...)! Especially since this tank has not been cycled, please keep up with them daily.

PP - what tank are you referring to that isn't cycled and advising to do a daily water change? Mine is fully cycled and has been fine for ages