The Puffer Forum

How was his belly after feeding when he was acting healthy? Did his belly go down like it was sucked in some, the day after feeding? IMO that is a good sign of IP's aside from seeing them come out of the puffers behind. John have you read the article for treating IP's in the library? If not here it is: library/hospital/internal-parasites-pre ... treatment/

Your MBU has a few of the signs of IP's. He is not well either way. You are fighting a hard battle.

if his belly is dark he really isnt well. normally i would expecxt a white / occasionally slighly yellow belly with darker skirt and usually a dark ring around his beak / mouth. i would start feeding him on apple snails QT'd and or frozen shellfish purchased from your local fish counter its cheap enough my large mbu will eat about 4-7 prawns every 2 days and the baby 1/2 king prawn per day so a bag lasts a few weks for both. i buy live missels freeze them, frozen king prawns squid etc etc just vary there died occasional apple snails are dropped in also which i buy aand keep usually at room temp 20degrees in a 5L plastic goldfish bowl feed them carrot until red comes out so i know there systems are fllushed then drop a few in as occasuional weekly treats.

Hi Folks,
I really need help, my little guy looks pretty bad. Any ideas on what I could treat him with, he is kind of hanging near the filter at the top of the tank or near the bottom of the tank-just sitting there. He is dark and has some scratches from the rocks. Any urgent action I can take-I'm at a loss. Help

being only 6" at his age is very bad to be honest all mbus ive kept by hs age are over 1 foot if not more. i sugest get as much air into tank as possible. subdue the lighting or if you have night blue lights / leds use those to settle him. De worming again would be a good thing. as my above post i strongly suggest changing his diet.

trick is keep it well airiated with air pumps with low lighting to settle him. and hope he can hang in there.

you never posted parameters so i think thats a start aswell get back with tank size + capacity, tankmates, perams of water i.e. temp PH KH Ni Na Am.

what water changes do you do? how often do you treat the water use RO etc.

He did post his parameters....

johnniek wrote: Water is fresh, ammonia is 0, nitrites are 0, nitrites are low, 80 degrees, ph 7.6-7.8. No other creatures in tank. HELP!!

The poor MBU needs a bigger tank. He may have IP's as well.

StormySkiez wrote:He did post his parameters....

johnniek wrote: Water is fresh, ammonia is 0, nitrites are 0, nitrites are low, 80 degrees, ph 7.6-7.8. No other creatures in tank. HELP!!

The poor MBU needs a bigger tank. He may have IP's as well.

your right last week... the funny thing is they can change