I've had the sweetest blue spot puffer for almost 6 months now, and the poor fella is skinny and hanging on by a thread.
The poor thing is definitely blind (hazy eyes). Spoke with an lfs and found out that blindness is common among pufferfish from a brain parasite. Doesn't sound like there is a treatment but im open to suggestions.
I havent seen it eat more than a few Pellets per day since I got it. I've tried everything; clam on a halfshell, krill, large mysis, soaking all food in garlic, live hermit crabs, live snails, hell I've even put a juicy looking acan and zoas in front of him and he won't do it. The only thing he eats is Pellets, which sounds like a blessing, but the poor thing is obviously starving. He is too blind to manage getting enough Pellets to actually feed him.
I've had him in a 30 gallon QT tank for 2 months now just to see if a smaller tank/less flow would help. It's maybe helped a bit but not enough to make a difference.
Any advice? I'm attached.
The poor thing is definitely blind (hazy eyes). Spoke with an lfs and found out that blindness is common among pufferfish from a brain parasite. Doesn't sound like there is a treatment but im open to suggestions.
I havent seen it eat more than a few Pellets per day since I got it. I've tried everything; clam on a halfshell, krill, large mysis, soaking all food in garlic, live hermit crabs, live snails, hell I've even put a juicy looking acan and zoas in front of him and he won't do it. The only thing he eats is Pellets, which sounds like a blessing, but the poor thing is obviously starving. He is too blind to manage getting enough Pellets to actually feed him.
I've had him in a 30 gallon QT tank for 2 months now just to see if a smaller tank/less flow would help. It's maybe helped a bit but not enough to make a difference.
Any advice? I'm attached.