The Puffer Forum

I had my porc. puffer for about 5 weeks, was eating mussels and thats basically it, i checked my water conditions here and all was good- nitrite 0 nitrate .03 ammonia 0 phosphate 0 so i took it to my local fish shop to make sure my tests were the same and they were. so ruling out that im thinking it was either a parasite or the lfs also suggested even though people arent supposed to use cyanide fishing anymore some still do and it could have been the reason he just died with almost no symptoms, the only one i saw was his eyes weren't the crisp blue they had been for the five weeks. Im getting another porc. puffer within the next couple weeks and i know most medications are very harmful to them, im wondering if anyone has had any luck or heard anything about Herbatana by ecological labs an all natural way of getting parasites out all fish that shouldnt be harmful? thank you

Since most puffers are wild caught, it's very possible that your puffer might have had internal parasites and that could very well be the reason behind his passing. As much as we know about puffers, I still think there's so much more we don't know.

There are a few different meds for treating parasites safely in puffers. I think one of the more widely used is the Jungle Parasite Clear fizz tabs. It's got 4 different meds, so tends to hit the parasites in more ways than one, which can be good if you're not sure which parasite your puffer has (and who can really be sure?).

I'm very sorry for the loss of your puffer.

thats wat i was thinking parasites was the biggest thing, ive used those fizz tabs before but never knew they were safe for puffers so i will definatly give those a try while qt my new puffer! thank you

You are most welcome and I hope you have better luck with your next porcupine puffer. And don't forget, when you get him, we went pictures!!