**Beth**new puffer,..normal?...please help
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scubadoo
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Originally Posted by INXSU2
As a new PP owner, I have gained much knowledge from this thread, albiet maybe late. Mostly I am sad and dismayed that Gandolf's tail is officially curled around his little bod, he goes in and out of color, and the eyes ... those gorgeous eyes went from extreme brilliance to a hazy fog.
Puffer watch continues, and I live on the edge as a result.
The leading cause of cloudy eyes is water quality. Check ALL your parameters and make sure they are within acceptable limits. A puffer with cloudy eyes can mean a water q issue.
It can also mean disease but I would elminate the water q issue first. Try a careful water change and see if he improves if it looks like he is bad shape.
As a new PP owner, I have gained much knowledge from this thread, albiet maybe late. Mostly I am sad and dismayed that Gandolf's tail is officially curled around his little bod, he goes in and out of color, and the eyes ... those gorgeous eyes went from extreme brilliance to a hazy fog.
Puffer watch continues, and I live on the edge as a result.
The leading cause of cloudy eyes is water quality. Check ALL your parameters and make sure they are within acceptable limits. A puffer with cloudy eyes can mean a water q issue.
It can also mean disease but I would elminate the water q issue first. Try a careful water change and see if he improves if it looks like he is bad shape.
scubadoo
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Originally Posted by Jer4916
i've been feeding my fish brine shrimp (frozen) and salad shrimp...my lion LOVES it..and so does my trigger and angel....my tank is a big seaweed eater.
he is pretty open to swimming...just he stays by the rocks...
what do these little guys do..that give them so much personality?
~chris
For marine animals, brine shrimp have about the same nutrtional vale for as a Famous Amos Choclate Chip Cookie. Brine lose most of the desired nutritional value within the first sevarl hours of their life. Try feeding mysis shrimp instead. Only the newly hatched frey have the desired nutritional value. Once frozen..and who knows when.....consider it a Famous Amos treat only.
i've been feeding my fish brine shrimp (frozen) and salad shrimp...my lion LOVES it..and so does my trigger and angel....my tank is a big seaweed eater.
he is pretty open to swimming...just he stays by the rocks...
what do these little guys do..that give them so much personality?
~chris
For marine animals, brine shrimp have about the same nutrtional vale for as a Famous Amos Choclate Chip Cookie. Brine lose most of the desired nutritional value within the first sevarl hours of their life. Try feeding mysis shrimp instead. Only the newly hatched frey have the desired nutritional value. Once frozen..and who knows when.....consider it a Famous Amos treat only.