The Puffer Forum

When i bought my GSPs they had a black discoloration where their green color meets the white. They both started to lose the black color and one has lost it completely but the other GSP has recently started to get more of the black marks. Right now they are in a 10 gallon tank that has a big problem with algae, i bought a 55 gallon and im making a stand for it this weekend. Is there anything i can do to help with this problem in the 10 gallon tank or do i have to just hope they will do better once i get them in the 55 gallon?
Thanks,
Eric

Have you tested your water? What's the amm, nitrite and nitrate levels?
How large are your gsp's? When I had two in a 10g less than 2" each I had to change
50% of the water every three days.
Here's what I would do:
Test your water, post the numbers here, then do a 50% water change.

The disappearance of the black/gray marks was good - it was a sign that stress was going down. Now it's probably coming back. Do what edmlfc1 suggested, and let us know how things go!

I dont have any water testers, ive only been changing the water 50% once a week so that could be the problem. I changed it yesterday so ill change it again on saturday, hopefully that does the trick. They should hopefully be in the new tank by tuesday or sometime around then i have to read up on starting a new tank again.

If you are close to a lfs bring some water in there. Most places will test it for free. At least that way you will have some idea what your looking at. I just can't stress enough how important testing water is. Water test kits are as important as water is to fish. IMO.

good call on the LFS, ill get the kit when i can afford it i just finished the school year so i am pretty strapped for cash

If you can buy one test kit at a time. Something is better than nothing.
Here's the order I would get them in:
Amm.
Nitrite
Nitrate
PH.