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Hi,i have an approximately 18 month old GSP (2 inchesd long) and hes kept in a 20 gallon(UK) brackish tank.temp is 76F,ammonia 0ppm,nitrites 0ppm.He is the only fish in the tank and it is partially weeded with some rocks. Up until last week he has acted like puffers do,begging food etc.He then...

Its definately leeches! I just done another w/c and there was yet another red thing holding on to the inside of my syphon tube by one end,when i removed it,it sort of turned into a small red slimy blob the started moving again. How can I get rid of these things?None of my fish appear ill or have...

bloodworm I have only ever fed frozen bloodworm though.

leech thing It was red in colour,looked just like a small blood worm,1cm long,contracting and expanding etc.

I have just placed a block of frozen daphnia in my tank and I watched what appeared to be a very thin 1cm long leech or worm emerge from my gravel,I immeidiatly gravel vacc'd the thing out.Does anybody know what it was/is it anything to worry about? Thanks

My puffer wont eat at all,ive tried dangling all foods by its mouth with a pipette even-to no avail.I know this sounds harsh but i have frozen ground up beefheart/liver/egg/shrimp mix,if i were to make a weak "gravy" of this and put the fish in for a minute,would it ingest any food or would that...

I have researched puffers on pufferkings forum,My water is not yet brackish as my lfs kept him in FW(unheated!!)im slowly adding marine salt but not too much as i dont yet own a hygrometer.Params are 78F ammonia 0ppm nitrite 0ppm GH7 pH 7.3 nitrate???. I understand most puffers are wild caught...

Im currently treating my water because my figure 8 puffer has internal parasites,i assume that is whats wrong as it has a sunken in belly,does not eat at all and rarely swims about.How long should i expect to wait before i see an improvement?Do fish generally recover well from this?Ive had the...

He is still resting on the bottom,curled.I have put some shrimp in the tank but he hasnt seemed to notice anything.

He is in with my other fish,seems to be always at an upwards angle of 45 with his tail curled and mouth half open now.

Could somebody please tell me what the normal behavior of a fig 8 puffer is,Ive just bought one and in the shop he was "resting" on the gravel in the corner of the tank.In my tank he just "rests" on the weeds,sometimes his tail seems to be curling and he doesnt swim about at all.I cant see any...