The Puffer Forum

I have 3 dwarf puffer fish in a 10 gallon tank. I have fake plants and coral decorations. Two of them were doing fine. But one of them look sick. Not sure what's wrongh with it. It kept lying down at the bottom of the tank and wouldn't eat. I actually thought it's dead but still moving. The other 2 is fine. I just changed the water tonight. So far Ammonia is 0, PH is 6.8, the nitrate and nitrate are both 0. I also have an eco bio-block in the tank.

You really need to help us out by answering ALL the Qs above in red. pH is quite low, what is it coming from your tap? How long has the tank been set up? How did you cycle it? Bring a water sample into your LFS & find out the nitrite & nitrate.

Once they're not eating at all, there's unfortunately not much you can do I humanely euthanize them by putting it with tank water into a cup then adding a ton of crushed ice. Once it's not moving, I wrap it in a paper towel and smash it flat with a rock... Sounds gruesome but in my opinion, it's better than having it die of starvation... :/

Clove oil is sooooo much more humane.

Yeah but it causes everything to smell like cloves! And it's hard to wash off :/

I put it in a Coolwhip container & then toss it out after using. And I LIKE the smell!

but you should recycle the cool whip container

LOL, I was gonna say that.