The Puffer Forum

hey,

i was told by the guy in the fish store that this is the place to be after i get my f8 puffers...i purchased two...named them pumba (hes the chubbier one) and nemo (he seems lazy to use one of his side fins)...im kind of worried cuz just today i noticed one of them has bent his tail and isnt moving too much...and they havent been eating much either...ive given them frozen krill and theyve nipped at it a bit and i have thrown in ghost shrimp...and they havent even looked at them...i dont know what to do

If we could move this to a Hospital section

Welcome to TPF

If you can answer some questions in red in the Hospital section of our forum.

PolishPuff wrote:If we could move this to a Hospital section

Welcome to TPF

If you can answer some questions in red in the Hospital section of our forum.

alright

It's moved. Many problems are caused by water parameter issues, so go ahead & answer all the Qs above you can.

the tank has been up for about a year...no annomia or nitrite...nitrate is 15...ph is 7.8 and temp is 78F...the tank is 20g there are two small F8 and two ghost shrimp....i am adding marine salt...and change the water weekly...they havent really eaten since monday :S

What's the SG? What's your eater change schedule? What foods have you been offering them?

Pufferpunk wrote:What's the SG? What's your eater change schedule? What foods have you been offering them?

the sg is 1.006..im assuming you mean water cahnge scheduel (not eater..lol)....its been weekly...the foods have been frozen krill...and ghost shrimp...i called the store...they told me maybe they jsut need to get used to their new environment before they really start to eat again...but im still just worried cuz they are not as active as they were in the first few days i got them...they are just hanging out in and around their cave in the corner of the tank

You say one of them has a bent tail? Is he super skinny? You might have an IP infection.

he's not skinny at all...its just bent and hes hanging around on the bottom of the tank...not really doing much at all

IP article

library/hospital/internal-parasites-pre ... treatment/

purplecandle wrote:IP article

library/hospital/internal-parasites-pre ... treatment/

thanks...ill give it a read

Lots of puffers sleep with their tails curled around.

You're going to have to do better than krill: library/feeding/feeding-your-puffers/

I noticed this the first week I had my puffers though they did this only sometimes. My puffer still curls his tail and sort of hides every now and again, usually after a big meal. He also seems a tad thin for the amount of food I give him, plus I never treated him for parasites and I heard GSPs tend to be prone. So this friday I plan on getting some meds. He does other wise seem very healthy and active, so it should be okay

Pufferpunk wrote:You're going to have to do better than krill: library/feeding/feeding-your-puffers/

im working my way to the snails...im thinking of picking some up tomorrow actually