My puffers are fat

[tanhql]

i've been trying to fatten up my f8 puffer. i feed it frozen shrimp, frozen oyster, frozen clams and frozen bloodworms, with an occasional frozen ghost shrimp, fed everyday, but he still gives me the flat stomach the very next day ...

 

[Gangstafish]

Maybe he has internal parasites?

 

[Pufferpunk]

Maybe he has internal parasites?

My 1st thought.

 

[tanhql]

Maybe he has internal parasites?

i've read the feces of a puffer with internal parasites will have stringy feces, but its feces are black and fat. and other than the flat stomach, it seems to be healthy.

 

[Gangstafish]

A normal gsp should have a slightly round belly if healthy. Flat stomach means something is wrong.

 

[tanhql]

A normal gsp should have a slightly round belly if healthy. Flat stomach means something is wrong.

i've said it's a f8 puffer

 

[Pufferpunk]

They should be football shaped. Got a pic?

 

[tanhql]

here's a pic. it's the best photo i took (it won't stay still for me, and i'm using a camera phone). i took this photo a day after a meal.

 

[Pufferpunk]

What & about how much are you feeding it? How long after it ate, did you take that pic? Was it round after it ate?

 

[nycsicktank]

my gets fat when he eats and then gets skinny few hrs later
is this normal?