A month ago I purchased a 1" baby fahaka puffer from my LFS. For the first two weeks or so it ate really well and maintained healthy weight. A week ago I noticed it start developing the following symptoms:
-losing weight rapidly
-acting much more lethargic than usual
-white stringy poop
-refusing food
I treated with what I had on hand at the time which was prazipro and soaked blood worms and frozen shrimp with minced/crushed garlic. He ate small amounts of the garlic food and is back to his usual responsiveness whenever I am near the tank but is still skinny and doesn't eat much food at a time (seems to spend more time playing with it). Yesterday I added some small half inch ghost shrimp and He chases them but I haven't seen him attempt to eat any of them yet.
Any tips on getting his weight back up and possibly solve this pickiness?
Temp is 80 degrees
ph 7.2
ammonia between 0 and 0.10 ppm
Nitrite and nitrate both reading at 0
-losing weight rapidly
-acting much more lethargic than usual
-white stringy poop
-refusing food
I treated with what I had on hand at the time which was prazipro and soaked blood worms and frozen shrimp with minced/crushed garlic. He ate small amounts of the garlic food and is back to his usual responsiveness whenever I am near the tank but is still skinny and doesn't eat much food at a time (seems to spend more time playing with it). Yesterday I added some small half inch ghost shrimp and He chases them but I haven't seen him attempt to eat any of them yet.
Any tips on getting his weight back up and possibly solve this pickiness?
Temp is 80 degrees
ph 7.2
ammonia between 0 and 0.10 ppm
Nitrite and nitrate both reading at 0
