The Puffer Forum

Hi,

I have 2 dwarf puffers and 3 otos in a 180L tank - heavily planted.

Water Paramaters
Temp:77-80F
Nitrites:0
Nitrates: 40ppm straight out of tap, so using a nitrate removal filter to
bring this down to 0 before adding to my tank(not RO, just a nitrate
remover)
Ammonia: 0.001(from seneye, verified as "0" with an API test kit)

What I add to the tank:
I perform weekly 25-30% water changes, water is prepared 1 night before and I add seachem prime
I add Neutro+ as a daily fertiliser and sachem excel

One of my DPs has lost interest in eating and is hanging around in the same part of the tank. A small number of live blood worms were fed this morning, but mostly ignored, she did try to eat 1 of these were spat out very quickly. I've tried some brine shrimp which she normally loves but these are just ignored as well.

I've done a couple of mid week water changes and have stopped adding my plant fertilisers and have turned off my co2 in case these could make things worse.

The change in behaviour is very acute, a lack of interest in food and environment.

My other DP seems ok and otos seem fine.

Any ideas?

Thanks

Not too sure why but some comments.. How long have the dp been introduced to the tank? If it's not recently, I dun suggest u do the changes that u did as it would be unlikely the cause. Stopping the fert and cutting co2 will affect the water chemistry for sure and I think that's what u would not want now.

As asked already, how long have you had the DP? Does she have anything else wrong with her? Sunken belly? Has she pooped recently? How often are you feeding? Do you feed just blood worms and brine shrimp?