dwarf puffer

[Duckie]

Not interacting with you is also not good. Even when he is not hungry, he should react to you. What exactly are all your main water parameters (temperature, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, ph)? Saying that ph and nitrate are normal doesn't really help without a number.

 

[chefman]

it seems to be a bit better but he is still swimming slowly at the bottom. the temperature is 76 degrees, ammonia is 0 i believe, nitrates are zero and ph is 7.0 i am going to bring in the water to my lps in a few minutes to double check and buy a different test kit

 

[chefman]

good news! he just ate a couple blood worms

 

[joecool44]

Yes blood worms are good I would also suggest ghost shrimp if it's too big for him just simply scissor the shrimp in half then give it my green spotted puffer loves this


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[chefman]

thank you very much. do you buy them frozen?

 

[dougall]

Yes blood worms are good I would also suggest ghost shrimp if it's too big for him just simply scissor the shrimp in half then give it my green spotted puffer loves this

I think ghost shrimp might be too big for a dwarf puffer, even cut into pieces.

live foods work well, especially smaller ramshorn snails, bladder snails, pond snails, or live blackworms always work well IME.

 

[chefman]

i have been feeding him nuisance snails which i just figured out are technically pond snails i believe and blood worms my local petco didn't have ghost shrimp so i got brine shrimp to feed him as well

 

[Duckie]

it seems to be a bit better but he is still swimming slowly at the bottom. the temperature is 76 degrees, ammonia is 0 i believe, nitrates are zero and ph is 7.0 i am going to bring in the water to my lps in a few minutes to double check and buy a different test kit

Only thing I see wrong is the temperature. The lower the temp the slower your puffer will be. 76 is right below the comfort zone. If your other fish allow, I would raise it to maybe 79 (slowly not all at once). My F8 puffers have 81 degree water and like it.