Info:
I am currently housing one GSP in a 30 gallon tank with salinity of 1.008 by himself. I feed him pond snails every other day, however, the pond snails i give him are in a goldfish tank whose ammonia level are fairly high(if that has anything to do with the situation), cocktail shrimp, and some freeze dried krill. I have had him for 3 weeks and bought him from Walmart.
Situation:
Recently, my puffer has been flashing and scratching into objects occasionally. When the lights are turned on, my puffer seems to be stressed out, and when turned off his belly turns white as in he looks like he's in perfect condition( he wasn't always like this, he used to not been stressed out by the lights). So i just tend to leave the lights turned of for now as to not to stress him more. However, when he sleeps and lays in the sand bed for a while, and swims back up, he usually seems to have some white cottony thingy on his belly. I can't make heads or tails of it, or it may be just sand stuck on him. Could this white cotton thing, if it isn't sand be an external parasite? & if so, are there any ways to treat my puffer without using chemicals; or if so the safest?
I am currently housing one GSP in a 30 gallon tank with salinity of 1.008 by himself. I feed him pond snails every other day, however, the pond snails i give him are in a goldfish tank whose ammonia level are fairly high(if that has anything to do with the situation), cocktail shrimp, and some freeze dried krill. I have had him for 3 weeks and bought him from Walmart.
Situation:
Recently, my puffer has been flashing and scratching into objects occasionally. When the lights are turned on, my puffer seems to be stressed out, and when turned off his belly turns white as in he looks like he's in perfect condition( he wasn't always like this, he used to not been stressed out by the lights). So i just tend to leave the lights turned of for now as to not to stress him more. However, when he sleeps and lays in the sand bed for a while, and swims back up, he usually seems to have some white cottony thingy on his belly. I can't make heads or tails of it, or it may be just sand stuck on him. Could this white cotton thing, if it isn't sand be an external parasite? & if so, are there any ways to treat my puffer without using chemicals; or if so the safest?
