The Puffer Forum

I know there are a lot of dentistry strings goin but they are all a few months old or more so didn't want my question missed.

I have had my sap for about 6 months and in another string Pufferpunk said that he is probably due for a trimming since he has gonn off eating as much as in the past.

In the library article the sap pictured had teeth hanging out of his mouth. My lil guy is no were near that bad...at what point do you know that you need to trim? He can still open and close his teeth. There should be room in between his teeth for the snails in his tank (which I have only seen him attempt to eat once. ) There is definately room for the frozen bloodworms and the frozen shrimp that I put in there. He has just gone off eating as much.

the water is Ph-7.5 Ammonia, nitrite-0 and nitrate below 20.

tank mate- 2 whip tail cats. 3 danios. 8 tetras. 1 zig zag 8". 5 DPs. 11 barbs. 1 molly, 1 platy. 1 groumis. 1 chinese algea eater. 1 red tail shark. 3 double red apisto

no changes to tank in four weeks

tanks been set up for about three months. And cycled with old tanks canister filter, plants, and bogwood.

oh yeah this is a 55 gal tank..forgot that

nothing??????...........

He may well have internal parasites. Many common aquarium fish can carry light infections, especially of the protozoan parasites, for nearly many years or even their entire natural lives without being strongly effected. Many times GSP have come into our brackish tank at my job and died over the next weeks of IPs, yet the jade gobies, which have been there over a year because they're unsaleable, never suffer from the symptoms. I'd try some jungle labs parasite fizz tabs, they're very broad-spectrum and helped save 3 of the puffers in the last batch we have had come in.