Green spotted puffer death
Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2018 9:56 pm
Hello I had a green spotted puffer that I purchased about a month back suddenly die on me. I was very sad. He was about 1inch in length.I tried to feed him the night before he passed and he wanted nothing to do with it I figured he just might not be hungry. Later that night before I went to bed I noticed he was stuck to one of the filter intakes that's when I knew something was wrong because if he was fine he would of been strong enough to escape the intake like he had done in the past. His color was off at this time as well instead of the normal green he was a lot darker almost black on his back. I immediately did a water change of about 50%. When I woke up the next day he had passed. I plan on purchasing another one as ive always wanted a GSP. I figured i would post here and try to correct any mistakes I may have made because you guys have alot more knowledge about puffers then i do.
Water peramaters:
PH: 8.0
Ammonia:0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate : 10 ppm
Salinity: SG 1.008
Temperature:78F
I had him alone in a 40g breeder with plenty of filtration(Aqua clear 70 and a Penguin 350 biowheel).I was doing weekly water changes around 30%.I fed him a varied diet of frozen blood worms, frozen krill, Hikari clams on a half shell, and snails i have been breeding in a little 10 gallon tank with also giving him a starve day 1 day a week. I use prime as a water conditioner and instant ocean sea salt. The only changes i made to the tank was a couple days before i bought a bottle of Boyds Vitachem and added one drop per gallon which is the first time ive used that product in that way in the past when i used it for my Oscar i would just use it as a food soak. I also added a fake wood aquarium decoration that i rinsed thoroughly before adding it to the tank. The aquarium has been setup for around 2 months now and it is indeed fully cycled i added filter media from one of my other tanks i also added a bottle of bio spira as i was acclimating the fish. Thank you in advance for your time.
Water peramaters:
PH: 8.0
Ammonia:0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate : 10 ppm
Salinity: SG 1.008
Temperature:78F
I had him alone in a 40g breeder with plenty of filtration(Aqua clear 70 and a Penguin 350 biowheel).I was doing weekly water changes around 30%.I fed him a varied diet of frozen blood worms, frozen krill, Hikari clams on a half shell, and snails i have been breeding in a little 10 gallon tank with also giving him a starve day 1 day a week. I use prime as a water conditioner and instant ocean sea salt. The only changes i made to the tank was a couple days before i bought a bottle of Boyds Vitachem and added one drop per gallon which is the first time ive used that product in that way in the past when i used it for my Oscar i would just use it as a food soak. I also added a fake wood aquarium decoration that i rinsed thoroughly before adding it to the tank. The aquarium has been setup for around 2 months now and it is indeed fully cycled i added filter media from one of my other tanks i also added a bottle of bio spira as i was acclimating the fish. Thank you in advance for your time.