Dwarf Puffers

[f111shy]

hey,

I've got three dwarf puffers and two of them are in perfectly good health and one of them looks extremely bloated. this is the best pic i can get of him or her sorry for the bad quality.

 

[Twinklecaz]

How much do you feed? Does he have any other symptoms? What are you water stats?

 

[f111shy]

i do morning feed of quater a cube and take out what they dont eat in 5 mins and same half hour before the light goes out, it seems happy healthy appetite no swimming difficulty or bouyancy problems and i havent checked them as of late cos i have no test strips left. have you ever heard of obese puffers?

cheers

 

[minnnt]

It's not obeseness, it is more than like bloat. What do you feed them on?

Try feeding every other day and see if it eases.

 

[f111shy]

they are on frozen bloodworm and occasionally brine shrimp, ok i will try that and if you think of anything else that may help please let me know asap

 

[minnnt]

Peas are usually suggested, but i doubt your Puffers would touch them, I know mine wouldn't.

 

[f111shy]

ive heard peas are good, but i dont think mine will they are too keen on their bloodworms and other inverts, is there any water treatments that you can add for bloat ? and have you ever had that problem with your puffers?

 

[minnnt]

Nope. I used to feed mine Prawns, but i have stopped now as i have read they're not advised. Cockles, Tilapia fillet and Coley are better.

Mine love Bloodworm especially.

 

[f111shy]

do you ever feed them snails? mine absoloutely anhialated them when i put in 12 they lasted bout half hour :L only baby snails but still was great seeing them hunt

 

[Shane Ward]

your fish might have droopy, but I can't tell by the pic, if the other fish are fine, this one might have caught an internal infection. but need a better image, any chance of one. Also, do the scales look parted?

 

[f111shy]

no the scales look fine and ill try and get a better pic of him/her, but it seems to be changing size daily, one day she is rather large and the other a little skinnier and i just dont know what she is playing at.