Baby Pea puffer flashing!!

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Bettalover04
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Baby Pea puffer flashing!!

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Hi everyone I am not new to fish keeping but I am new to puffer keeping. I just got a baby pea puffer from my lfs, he’s about 1/2 an inch! He’s in a 5.5 planted tank. I’ve noticed that he is flashing and I’m not exactly sure how to approach this. He is still quite active and I enjoy watching him hunt the pond snails in his tank. Could this just be from the stress of switching environments, or is it more likely to be some sort of parasite. Does anyone have any recommendations on how to treat him or any medications will help?
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Re: Baby Pea puffer flashing!!

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I would keep an eye on him for now. If you are sure he has parasites, you can treat with Prazipro or Ich-X.

Are you aware these fish prefer to live in groups?
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...

"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
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Pufferpunk
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Posts: 32764
Joined: Tue May 31, 2005 11:06 am
Gender: Female
My Puffers: Filbert, the 12" T lineatus
Punkster, the 4" red T miurus
Mongo, the 4" A modestus
2 T biocellatus
C valentini
C coranata
C papuan
Also kept:
lorteti
DPs
suvattii
burrfish
T niphobles
Location (country): USA, Greenville, SC
Location: Chicago
Contact:

Re: Baby Pea puffer flashing!!

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How's he doing?
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...

"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
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