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1Cheesehead wrote:Oh but I did see her pick off a snail so atleast she has eaten something.

That is good

Just tried some mini krill (actually plankton) that I soaked over night, she tried it but didn't eat the whole thing.

I dont think DP can say no to a juicy bloodworm

Got some blood worms, and she ate them all! Also she ate like 6 snails too. The rest of the bloodworms went to my ctenopoma, rams, and plecos. Now I just have to wait for my lfs to get more dps!

Checked on her to see how her poop was after eating, it was mostly brown but there was also one white mucusy section of it too which I am worried about. Also she was surfing the glass again, or maybe she was excited to see me..

Does the stomach appear to be sunken in at all? Especially after her starvation day? That is a good way to see if she has ip or not.

Not at all, she is EXTREMELY fat lol.

That is great to hear, sounds like she may be the rare exception to most puffers having ip. I would still monitor them for a week

sorry double post!

I was looking at pufferpedia and it said I could put otos in with pea puffers, do you think I could get 1 more puffer and a oto? Also she is still surfing the glass and I can't figure out why .

1Cheesehead wrote:I was looking at pufferpedia and it said I could put otos in with pea puffers, do you think I could get 1 more puffer and a oto? Also she is still surfing the glass and I can't figure out why .

Otocinclus should be kept with 3 or more iirc.

Ottos can also be very difficult to keep alive.

bertie 83 wrote:Ottos can also be very difficult to keep alive.

I heard a lot tend to die within the first 2 weeks of arriving in an aquarium. I personally never had any die that quickly until today, though I had already expected this one to pass away, he didn't look healthy from the get go, his head looked damaged.

Garlic. GTK

Does this work with other non-puffer fish?

administrator wrote:Garlic. GTK

Does this work with other non-puffer fish?

Lots of betta folks use garlic.