The Puffer Forum

Just mentioned it because it's cheaper to give away than a foam filter pad Floss is disposable.

Ok guys, I took one fish back to the aquarium. Now I only have the one fish to look after. But now he seems ill too. He's not eating, doesn't even respond when I put bloodworm in, and even ignored a live mealworm.
I'll do another water change while I wait for your response.

Keep up the water changes as often as poss. I can post used media which is disease free if needed will take a couple of days tho

It.'s useless to mail used filter media, that bacteria would die off within hours.

I just figured if well fed it might make it

That's very nice of you but unfortunately the bacteria needs a lot of oxygen to survive.

Just changing the water again. The puffer has been at the back of the tank on the bottom, not moving. Been like that for ages. He's breathing but doesn't move at all.

He perked up a little so i added some more food and he completely ignored it. Why isn't he eating...?

Because he's not feeling well. Follow my sig.

New tank readings:
Ammonia: 0
Nitrate: 10
Nitrite: 7
Much better than yesterday's numbers. Read the test strips as best I could.

Test strips aren't awfully accurate however you are moving in the right direction so keep up the water changes

Don't forget ro remove the food he isn't eating so it doesn't rot in the water.

You've got to get that nitrite down to 0. If you have to do 3 x 90% WC/day, please do so.

Here's a picture of the result strip and the fish himself, down by the heater where he's been all day:

id highly suggest getting a liquid test kit. Those strips are emergency only at best