The Puffer Forum

I have one dp that looks very different from my others. He is one of two males in the tank and is the most dominant of the bunch. I notice that he will partly puff or make himself bigger around feeding time to intimidate the other fish. So two questions. First Has anyone seen a similar looking dp? He has very muted colors and a rounded head The pic attached show one of the other dp's behind him for comparison. Second, I think he may just be obese but i have one sickly dp i have been trying to get meds to so i have been providing more prazi dose blackworms. Should i be trying to isolate him during feeding time or isloate the emaciated dp to ensure the prazi is received.

I'd isolate the skinny one.

He looks just like the knucklehead I used to have. I'd guess that he is more mature/developed than the others.

Well the emaciated dp was relocated to my snail tank which also has a small colony of blackworms in the substrate. He immediately unclenched it's caudal find which he hasn't done in a a while due to constantly being bullied. Within a minute he began eating which I hadn't see in a while. I think I will keep him in here until I have their new 30 long ready. Should be a couple of months. I'll be starting up a thread for the new tank build.