Dogface puffer sick!!
Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2022 1:18 am
For past few weeks my dogface puffer has been laying on bottom of tank. He got to wear I wasn’t seeing him eat but also noticed him picking at rocks so I thought maybe he was doing that or eating my cleanup crew. 75 gallon and only tank mate is zebra eel. I have been doing water changes to reduce nitrates 40ppm without much help over past few weeks. I cleaned out Refugio of heavy waste and detritus a few weeks ago also. Tonight I did 50% water change. I feel like he is super skinny and not using his tail very much as he also doesn’t swim much just kind of stays at bottom on sand bed. I did metroplex and finished last week but didn’t notice a difference. Do you think he has an illness or just water parameters became severe issue? The eel has no issues and I don’t have any algae. Ammonia and nitrite 0.