I hate that this is my first post, but unfortunately my Figure 8 puffer died last night. I had him for about three weeks. He seemed perfectly fine, he wasn't exhibiting any symptoms or anything, then I came home from class and he was listless on the bottom. He perked up a little after I hung out by the tank, and then I fed him and he ate, although not as aggressively as normal. I tested all of the water conditions and they seemed to be fine. PH was 7.8, SG 1.004, Ammonia 0, Nitrite 0, Nitrates around 10, 76 degrees. I'm not sure what happened. It's a 10 gallon tank that he lived in by himself, I fed him 6 days a week, bloodworms usually, but a snail every few days. Weekly water changes around 50%. Last water change was Saturday. No products added to the tank. The aquarium has been set up for about two months, it was cycled freshwater, and the puffer was added in fresh water because he was in fresh water at the store. I slowly brought the SG up to where it was over the course of the 3 weeks I had him. I know that he can't be resurrected, but I was wondering: 1. Is there something else that I could have done, or should I just chalk this one up to bad luck? 2. If there was some parasite in the tank that killed him somehow, how do I clean the tank to start over? Is there a way to disinfect the live plants?
Sorry about the long post I tried to give as much detail as possible. I'm glad to be a new member of the Forum, hopefully in the future I'll have happier posts
Thank you in advance,
Keith
I can't see that you have done anything wrong from the details you have given and an infection of some kind would have given you cuse for concern a while ago. Was his poo normal, any visible signs like rubbing or flicking against decor. Also did you treat the water with Prime or something simlar before adding to the tank?
