The Puffer Forum

Hey,

I have 3 F8 puffers, two are doing great (one likes to eat most of the food!) however, I have one who's mouth is more open than the others and I'm worried because I haven't seen him eat in a few days- he swims around a little less tha. The other two but otherwise is healthy.

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His teeth don't look overgrown, are they? What diet have they been eating?

Is he/she in a fish bowl?

I'm afraid he died in the night
He hadn't eaten in a while, I feed than frozen bloodworm and krill Pacifica, cockle in she'll, and sometimes live bloodworm and stuff. Snails are in the tank too and sometimes o get live shrimp but hey don't last long (not sure if it's the puffers or the brackish water than gets them in the end.

I don't know how to see if the teeth are overgrown- I did try and look but couldn't see teeth, to prevent this from happening again is there other food that I can offer? They love bloodworms but I don't think they're crunchy enough? They're not keen on the krill Pacifica much I always end up hoovering a fair bit afterwards

scpion wrote:Is he/she in a fish bowl?

He's in a fish tank - it's a Cleair Apple shaped one

What sized tank and was it brackish or freshwater?

bigpuff wrote:What sized tank and was it brackish or freshwater?

It's 30 litres and yes it's brackish - monitored the other two today and they're eating and seem pretty happy - I hope they weren't bullying him and he didn't get chance to eat?

30 litres? Did you mean gallon? If litres you will need a much bigger tank in the very near future to keep your pair happy and healthy

+1 to the above. If it's 30 litres then we can't even guess at what was wrong because the underlying issue was most likely that it was in too small of a tank. The rule for F8's is 15 gallons (57 litres) for the first one and 10 gallons (38 litres) for each additional one.

What kind of salt are you using, aquarium or marine salt? What's the salinity at?

Also did he have white spots on him (ick) or is that just bubbles in the photo?