The Puffer Forum

1) Your water parameters - pH, Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrates and salinity (if appropriate).
Ph is 8
Ammonia is 0
Nitrite is 0
Nitrates not sure

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.

30gallon
10 snails
3 feeder guppies
1 gsp
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)
weekly water changes added Sand, Rock, toy plastic,and metal,1.001 salt,and a Plastic Wood

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.
i got a biowheel
5) How long the aquarium has been set up, and how did you cycle it?2 months


i am wondering why isnt my puffer fish eatting i got him for about 1 days ago and when i first got him he was kind of in a bad shape
hes color isnt Solid green, its like greyed out green only a spot on his head is green but his Belly is pure white and he doesnt seem to be internested in me or the food i am giving him and his eye is also cloudy kind of cant really tell cause i dont wanna hurt him by touching him
he is about 1inch big

Bump? if i may

What have you tried feeding him?

And you added metal? What specifically did you add?

hmm not sure but i am pretty sure its not harmfull
i will move it just in cause.


what i feed to it was
Apple snails i think its called
Guppies
Ghost shrimp
and pellets
and blood worms
and garlic

still no bite

If its anything copper take it out as puffers are very sensitive to it. Is his stomach sucked in to? Also GSPs aren't fish eaters so i would stop with the guppies.

Bumping a thread here is ok but it's pretty late in this part of the world. It always helps to post where your're from in your profile.

Ammonia & nitrite look good but it's always good to know your nitrate level too. What test kit are you using? When you added the Biowheel, did you remove the existing filter? Is there any salt in the tank? What kind? Be sure to read the GSP article & feeding articles in our Library.

I don't see where he posted about metal.

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)
weekly water changes added Sand, Rock, toy plastic,and metal,1.001 salt,and a Plastic Wood


XD

i let it tested in my LFS after i got the puffer i am pretty sure hes blinded.
i got a biowheel for a month or so or less

the salt im not sure i only puted like 5 teaspoon of salt
but the bag has a 21 sign in it and it comes in those fish bags lfs puts ur fish in

i mean table spoon

What kind of salt? I'm assuming marine salt since you stated your sg at 1.001. Did you rince all the decor of contaminants? Do any of the other fish look sick and is just one eye cloudy?

i dont wanna touch the fish and the eye is pretty hard to see its cloudy
but when i try to touch it or put food in his face he doesnt do anything
i even try to provoke it a little but he only runs around and then doesnt do nothing
my glass cat doesnt look sick but im pretty sure it was sick also when i got it but its doing better now
in another tank.

but the other fish looks good tomorrow ill go buy some more blood worms if that doesnt work what do u guys think i should do


Edit' only reason why i dont wanna touch it is i dont wanna hurt it and i dont want it to bite me

There is no reason to touch the puffer so your okay there. Have your tried brine shrimp? All fish go crazy for it. That might get him eating.

Does his eye look cloudy from the inside? Is there a film over it or is it fuzzy? Again knowing your nitrate levels would help because when nitrates get to high a fish will often loose its appetite.

What was the condition of the tank he was in at the LFS?

White belly
Side has a little grey
Green spot on top not full soild green its like dark grey green with a spot on green on his head
Right now hes laying down in the sand

Edit:hes eye looks a little cloudly well its not really noticeable but it has a spot of cloud


EDit: i also heard the puffer needs to get use to the new environments his in before he can eat is this truth

Knowing your nitrate levels would help because when nitrates get to high a fish will often loose its appetite. Was he in a crowded tank at the LFS?

more or less then 14 puffers and 1 clown loach in a 20 gallon tank

my nitrates should be at Zero if my bio-wheel is working well

i also would like to tell u guys i only keep 2 or 3 fish in my tank

yeah if tomorrow if he doesnt eat i am going to return it and get a new 1 i guess

If its anything copper take it out as puffers are very sensitive to it. Is his stomach sucked in to? Also GSPs aren't fish eaters so i would stop with the guppies.

his belly is super thin it looks kind of like a helicopter