hi people
I finnally got my dwarf puffer fish at the weekend and have noticed that the little guys got yellow marks on his belly and fins is this bad news?
yellow marks on a dwarf puffer
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Read this before posting!!
Since this board has been up, we have found there are several questions that routinely get asked in order to help diagnose problems. If you can have that information to begin with in your post, we'll be able to help right away (if we can!) without having to wait for you to post the info we need.
1) Your water parameters - pH, Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrates and salinity (if appropriate). This is by far the most important information you can provide! Do not answer this with "Fine" "Perfect" "ok", that tells us nothing. We need hard numbers.
2) Tank size and a list of ALL inhabitants. Include algae eaters, plecos, everything. We need to know what you have and how big the tank is.
3) Feeding, water change schedule and a list of all products you are using or have added to the tank (examples: Cycle, Amquel, salt, etc)
4) What changes you've made in the tank in the last week or so. Sometimes its the little things that make all the difference.
5) How long the aquarium has been set up, and how did you cycle it? If you don't know what cycling is read this: Fishless Cycling Article and familiarize yourself with all the information. Yes. All of it.
We want to help, and providing this information will go a LONG way to getting a diagnosis and hopeful cure that much faster.
While you wait for assistance:
One of the easiest and best ways to help your fish feel better is clean water! If you are already on a regular water change schedule (50% weekly is recommended) a good step to making your fish more comfortable while waiting for diagnosis/suggestions is to do a large water change immediately. Feel free to repeat daily or as often as you can, clean water is always a good thing! Use of Amquel or Prime as a dechlor may help with any ammonia or nitrite issues, and is highly recommended.
Note - if you do not normally do large water changes, doing a sudden, large water change could shock your fish by suddenly changing their established water chemistry. Clean water is still your first goal, so in this case, do several smaller (10%) water changes over the next day or two before starting any large ones.
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crazedpuffer
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Re: yellow marks on a dwarf puffer
What do you mean yellowmarks?
Also can you answer the above questions that are in red?
Also can you answer the above questions that are in red?
Re: yellow marks on a dwarf puffer
ok to update the post.
tank is 30ltr with the dwarf puffer fish and a otto
feeding mixture of bloodworms and some other frozen food (label gone missing) small amout morn and eve
water change every sunday
tank has been set up since feb with other fish that was rehomed in my new tank to make way for the puffer fish last sun
will do water test and post later.
tank is 30ltr with the dwarf puffer fish and a otto
feeding mixture of bloodworms and some other frozen food (label gone missing) small amout morn and eve
water change every sunday
tank has been set up since feb with other fish that was rehomed in my new tank to make way for the puffer fish last sun
will do water test and post later.
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Dwarfpuffer2008
Re: yellow marks on a dwarf puffer
I have 4 dwarf puffers 2 males/2 females...I just changed my lighting...and I noticed one of my (male) puffers had the same markings..on the tail fin and top fin...nothing on the belly..I've had them now almost 2 months..he is the biggest of the 4 about an inch long..but i've noticed nothing different with him..eats fine..but he is the most aggressive of the 4...I think its just the coloration...I've researched and cannot find any articles on the subject...checkout the attachment photo found this on the NET:"The Malabar Puffer or Dwarf Puffer is the smallest of the pufferfish. It has a rounded body shape similar to that of a bean or pea, with a tail attached. Their overall body color is a golden brown on top becoming lighter yellow or whitish underneath, with dark greenish blue green to black markings. Like many of the pufferfish, the coloring can vary with age, disposition, and environment. Mature males develop a dark vertical line along the underside and tend to have a more yellowish belly than the females. These pufferfish also have mobile blue eyes, thus one of its common names being the 'Blue Eyed Puffer".
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Mareva
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Re: yellow marks on a dwarf puffer
Congratulation it's a boy!
Really, I think they yellow you see on the belly and fins is just normal yellow coloration for males. If you go to my photo gallery you'll see many male DP pictures, see if it's the same than you see on yours (pictures of fidji and palua are males).
He does look like he has a sunken belly... is it just the angle of the picture?
Really, I think they yellow you see on the belly and fins is just normal yellow coloration for males. If you go to my photo gallery you'll see many male DP pictures, see if it's the same than you see on yours (pictures of fidji and palua are males).
He does look like he has a sunken belly... is it just the angle of the picture?
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Content2Swell
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Re: yellow marks on a dwarf puffer
Completely normal and totally male.
I've noticed that mine appears brighter/deeper depending on his mood. If he's the dominant male in the tank, it is probably why it appears so notable on him.
I've noticed that mine appears brighter/deeper depending on his mood. If he's the dominant male in the tank, it is probably why it appears so notable on him.
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Re: yellow marks on a dwarf puffer
yeah there the same sort of markings, just got worried take its a he and there cute lol thanks people