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I dont think i have good luck with aquariums or im a bad puffer owner.
ph-8.0
ammonia-0
nitrite-0
nitrate-5
SG 1.002
20 gallon two 1-1.5" Ceylons
feeding twice a day at noon and midnight rotate between snails mussle bloodworms and mysis soaked in Kent Zoecon i use Prime and Stability for water changes 2 days of useing Melafix for Dot's tail bites
been running aquarium for 3-4 months cycled fishles cycle

Okay so now i seem to have tiny white/clear dots that almost look like mushroms growing all over my plastic plants and glass aswell as a couple brownish spots. the white dots are about the size of a grain of sand and the brown spots are about the size of a pea. i have been crushing the snails because that is the only way my puffers will eat them so maybe baby snails? or i run my lights about 8-15 hours a day and i looked up online maybe white algae? idk for sure and i dont wanna add crap to my tank if i dont have to. I have noticed alot of un eaten food in the tank but i am fairly quick to vacuum it out so maybe that has somthing to do with it. im verry sorry to be posting my issues as much as i do, im still fairly new to fish keeping hobby and puffers are the only fish my wife let me buy. im trying my best to give them everything they need to be happy and thrive and i thank every one of you who have helped me.

Cut down on the feeding, cut down on the lighting , upgrade tank size.

Your mushroom thing do they move?

they just kinda sway with the water but not like crawling or anything

do you have a magnifying glass?


If they just sway.. I'm inclined to think hydra...

brown indicates diatoms, but I have never seen them "sway"

Fungus growth due to overstocking, overfeeding & undercleaning.

Pufferpunk wrote:Fungus growth due to overstocking, overfeeding & undercleaning.

BINGO!

I have a single Ceylon in a 55 gallon. Upgrade the tank size to a 75 min in my opinion. Feeding once a day is enough. Cut back to 3-4 days a week once they're 3 inches or so.

Cut back on the lighting too. Try to be consistent with the timing, or use a timer. 15 hrs is kinda long. I am quite particular with food. I always feed just enough so that there will not any uneaten. If u use a small container to prepare their food, DO NOT pour everything in at once! Drop in bit by bit so u know when to stop. When they do not wan to eat anymore, they tend to "play" with their food. That's where the uneaten food came abt.

thank you everyone im in the process of filling my new 75 gallon i will post pics soon