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Re: newly rehomrd puffer wont eat and sits on the bottom
Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2010 5:38 am
by shagy382
Hmm my mbu also does that...hes just stays still and stares at hes reflection at the side glass, occasionally he will try to 'peck' at it..maybe i will try to cover up my side walls..
hope it helps
Re: newly rehomrd puffer wont eat and sits on the bottom
Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2010 7:33 am
by matt willis
success !!!!!!!!!!
thank god for the towel puff has just eaten 5 mussels and a cockle in the shell
Re: newly rehomrd puffer wont eat and sits on the bottom
Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2010 3:08 pm
by matt willis
shagy382 wrote:Hmm my mbu also does that...hes just stays still and stares at hes reflection at the side glass, occasionally he will try to 'peck' at it..maybe i will try to cover up my side walls..
hope it helps
i would suggest you give it a try for sure, since ive put that towel on the end he hasnt sat and looked at himself once,his colour is good, he is swimming all over the place and he ate 5 mussels one cockle and 2 prawns
Re: newly rehomrd puffer wont eat and sits on the bottom
Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2013 7:19 pm
by jongrover
What is a towel puff?
My Puffer won't eat or swim. All water levels safe 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, 5ppm nitrates, 79F water temp, SG 1.007, pH 7.6, He is turning black and will not move from the bottom was very helathy just 2 days ago and has rapidly deteorated in just a few hours.. How did you get yours to start eating again? Did you use medicine or just change the food?
Re: newly rehomrd puffer wont eat and sits on the bottom
Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 8:16 am
by RTR
I would suggest getting a liquid based test kit. Test strips are not reliable.
Re: newly rehomrd puffer wont eat and sits on the bottom
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 12:26 am
by Master of Puffers
Pufferpunk wrote:I wouldn't add any chemicals like that. Water changes are the best way to remove nitrate. Add Prime to dechlor. My fahaka was moved from a 55g into a 125g & sulked, not eating, for 3 weeks.
when we bought our mbu, it sulked for a good 2 weeks eating only a tiny amount of food if at all, until he decided that eating was a better option and could he have some more..NOW!
Longest 2 weeks of my life...trying to wean children is much easier...
Re: newly rehomrd puffer wont eat and sits on the bottom
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 12:27 am
by Pufferpunk
I still want to know what a towel puff is?!
Re: newly rehomrd puffer wont eat and sits on the bottom
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 12:30 am
by Master of Puffers
a missing full stop/period I think.
thank god for the towel. puff has just eaten 5 mussels and a cockle in the shell
is how I'd have writen it.
Re: newly rehomrd puffer wont eat and sits on the bottom
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 4:37 am
by bertie 83
Lol towel puff. Normally it's my punctuation that causes confusion lol
Re: newly rehomrd puffer wont eat and sits on the bottom
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 7:51 am
by RTR
I want a towel puffer... Are they like Hammacher'd top-of-the-line towels and last forever but are quite pricey? We decided to be self-indulgent when the kids were out of the house and bought a set. Later we used them as special gifts and were accused of extreme decadence, but they do last forever and are guaranteed. The originals are still in daily used. I want a puffer like that.
Re: newly rehomrd puffer wont eat and sits on the bottom
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 5:19 pm
by sgtmyers88
Do they inflate as a safety/floatation device? I would love to have one of those. lol
Re: newly rehomrd puffer wont eat and sits on the bottom
Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 8:12 am
by RTR
LOL! Probably not, as a puffer's only "safe" inflation is with water.