it seems happy,...but always hiding,....and when it is out, its tail curls,.....


any ideas

carl

formerly carsworth,...until the mods sort it

 

wot type of puffer is it m8? i had a figure 8 puffer who pretty much owned the tank.he hid sum times but when sleepy curled up on bottom.i thought he was ill but he werent.but when swimming he was normal only curling to slow down.

 

ah reet oh,...

its a figure eight aswel,...

probably ok then,.....

just get a bit worried, its the first time ive had fish,...

 

oh. and you have one of them already?what you got in wiv it?and what r u feeding them? he will get used to the tank fairly quick and recognise you cos you feed him.mine did with me. he died a month ago though.

 

how long have you had the tank up and running? and where are you getting fish?

 

sorry to hear about the puffer matey....hope our ok,...going to councilling,...



all fish were put in the tank within a few days,....

2 gouramis, a silver shark, a kinfe fish, 2 clown loaches, a plek


being fed on fish flake, but the puffer wont eat that, so i feed him frozen blood worm,..which he loves



tank was running for about a week and a half, with declorinated water, and getting fish from a good shop....

 

jesus who did you get em from? did you use bacteria bubbles to get the filter system up and going? normally you have 2 have the tank up and going for a few weeks before going to fish like them. i use a small specialist shop because its their livelyhood. big places like seapets etc just have people who just want to be paid and dont care.
puffer wont touch flake. i use a mix of frozen food and flake. i only feed every 2 days. gourami and knife fish are very soft fish and susseptable to getting ill unless perfect ewater conditions. keep an eye on em m8

 

Man that's a right combo. I'm not convinced the puffer will get along with some of them!

Get some fookin bloodworm chucked in, they love it. Drain the red water off first tho