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jade puffer
Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 4:37 am
by crackajap
hi,
I just bought a new jade puffer fish, he is about 2.5 inches got him in a 14 gallon tall tank with sal about .006-.008 temp about 77 f. i can't seem to find basic info for it. I was just wondering if anyone would share some info as diet, behavior, adult size. Plus he is swimming very rapidly up and down the tank, almost jumping out??????
Re: jade puffer
Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 7:07 am
by Corvus
Re: jade puffer
Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 10:24 am
by marksrush
One reason for its swimming frantically up and down could be that you have him in too small of a tank (suggested minimum is 40 gallons, if it's actually a Ceylon puffer), another could be that he's just new to the tank and hasn't figured out its dimensions quite yet, and another reason could be that the water quality is stressing him. Also puffers prefer a longer tank, rather than taller, for swimming, and in addition, frankly sometimes puffers just do that sort of thing: one of mine acts like what you describe after I turn out the hood lights at night. I'd raise the temperature to 80F, myself.
You need to get a test kit if you don't already have one; if you have one, test the water and post the results here. Also it'd help to know how long you took to acclimate him into brackish, whether he has tankmates and if so what kind, and how long the tank has been up and how it's decorated, all that. Any other info you can give us is helpful.
Re: jade puffer
Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 1:09 pm
by Pufferpunk
Care & feeding is the same as for a green spotted puffer, which we have an article on in our Library. If the 14g is cycled & the puffer is just a small juvie, you have a little time to get it into a larger tank. Please take all the above advice very seriously, if the tank is not cycled.
Re: jade puffer
Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 5:17 pm
by crackajap
Thanks for the infor guys. tried feeding him this morning, but he would not eat..... after work i going to buy a test kit and buy some live food maybe that will help out.
Re: jade puffer
Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 7:03 pm
by crackajap
If i move him to a larger tank is there anyway that it can be done with out stressing him out even more?
Re: jade puffer
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 8:13 am
by t1gerbee
what are your parameters?
ammonia/nitrite/nitrate?
was the tank cycled before you added him?
What colour is his belly?