The Puffer Forum

Hello everyone! I am in need of your help. My main puffer Puffy which I've had for a year or so has not been eating. About 5 days ago I switched Puffy from a 7 gallon Aquavista (a tank mounted on the wall, looks like a pictureframe) to a 3 gallon eclipse. I switched Puffy because the Aquavista is very hard to keep clean due to its depth. Puffy was the only one in that tank. So I went out and bought the 3 gallon eclipse tank hoping that I can keep that water nice and clean. The day I added the Puffy to the eclipse, I also added another puffer so he would have a buddy. They get along fine no nipping or hassaling eachother. The new puffer eats bloodworms and snails just fine. Puffy was fine the first couple days in new tank and now for the past 3 days he hasn't eaten anything. He looks plump as always, no signs of external damage or losing weight. I checked water levels and temperature, everything is fine. The fish store told me he may be just taking time to adjust to the new tank. I have no idea. I found patches of egg like stuff on the side wall of the tank (about 3 patches of egg like stuff around tank.) Hopefully you guys can at least help me with the egg like stuff. You can't see in the pic but in my eyes it looks like clear little bubbles with a white dot inside each bubble. If those are eggs what do I do? I tried my best in taking nice pics. I also listed this posting on dwarfpuffer.com haven't seen any replies yet. Thanks : )

looks like Puffy is gnoshing away at some nuissance snails who laid their eggs on the tank glass.

Even if Puffy is a dwarf puffer (I'm praying he is), 3g is only large enough for a singleton DP.

Either those are snail eggs or puffy and the new friend got it on. Dwarf puffers will breed in captavity. You may have to get a much larger tank. I wouldn't worry about puffy not eating, he/she can go a while with no food. If that is puffer eggs they should hatch soon and puffy will start to eat again.

Fyi: As stated above you really need 3-5 gallons per dwarf puffer. The 7 gallon you had him in would have been better for the two than the 3 gallon you moved them too.

I see thanks a lot. I will just upgrade the tank. That 7 gallon is too much of a hassle. If they were puffer eggs, how long do they take to hatch?? or if it were snail eggs how long does that take??? When I took a good close look yesterday I saw more patches of eggs. Im worried its going to be snails galoreeee.

Don't worry about the snail eggs - newly hatched snails are a puffer buffet. If they were puffer eggs, they wouldn't be in jelly, DP eggs pop out and roll around in the substrate.