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Is my GSP sick or just unhappy?? (Gray/black belly)

Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2021 3:46 am
by EughPuffer
1) Your water parameters - PH is 7.8, Salinity is 1.008. I do not have an ammonia and nitrate measuring device unfortunately.

2) 20 Gallon tank. Only 2 GSPs no other inhabitants.

3) Feeding: Shrimp (defrozen),havent changed water since i bought them ( 1 week). I added anti-chlorine, marine salt, cloudy water clarifier, aquadine PH up (for increasing ph).

4) None

5) Aquarium have been fishless cycled about 48 hours


I've only had these 2 GSPs for a week and new to pufferfish care. One of them started to show little bits of black/gray colour on thei sidw of the belly, just a little below their yellow line(refer to the images). Im wondering if they are sick? And anything i xan do about it? However the other GSP in the tank look completely fine withva conpletely white belly, so it must not have anything to do with the water??

Re: Is my GSP sick or just unhappy?? (Gray/black belly)

Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2021 1:38 pm
by Pufferpunk
You must have test kits for ammonia, nitrite, nitrate. It appears your tank is not cycled at all.

library/water-filtration/fishless-cycling/

library/water-filtration/emergencycycle/

library/puffers-in-focus/an-introductio ... d-puffers/