Hi all,
Wonder if you could help me.
I've been keeping fish now for several years and have a few tanks with things like angles, dwarf ciclids, rams, panda corrys, gouramis, loaches etc and have been quite successful in keeping them.
I purchased a figure green spotted puffer a couple of weeks ago, check with the store what water he was in (completely fresh) and put him in a tank that's been established for over 3 years (well planted, > 50% water cycle every week) and is home to some chain loaches and a couple of honey gouramis. I was going to keep the figure of 8 in here for a little while and then slowly move him into another tank i have to turn into a brackish tank. He was really healthy looking and swimming around. I fed him on the frozen blood worm or brine shrimp blocks you get and he was eating happily (had a fat belly a couple of days). by the 5th day he was very lethargic and hiding under a rock and by day 7 i found the little guy dead in the bottom of the tank.
tank temperature is around 78f with knowledgeable nitrate, nitrite and ammonia readings.
would love to hear your feedback as i'd be interested in keeping a puffer of some kind.
thanks
Andy
Wonder if you could help me.
I've been keeping fish now for several years and have a few tanks with things like angles, dwarf ciclids, rams, panda corrys, gouramis, loaches etc and have been quite successful in keeping them.
I purchased a figure green spotted puffer a couple of weeks ago, check with the store what water he was in (completely fresh) and put him in a tank that's been established for over 3 years (well planted, > 50% water cycle every week) and is home to some chain loaches and a couple of honey gouramis. I was going to keep the figure of 8 in here for a little while and then slowly move him into another tank i have to turn into a brackish tank. He was really healthy looking and swimming around. I fed him on the frozen blood worm or brine shrimp blocks you get and he was eating happily (had a fat belly a couple of days). by the 5th day he was very lethargic and hiding under a rock and by day 7 i found the little guy dead in the bottom of the tank.
tank temperature is around 78f with knowledgeable nitrate, nitrite and ammonia readings.
would love to hear your feedback as i'd be interested in keeping a puffer of some kind.
thanks
Andy
