Abouttina quiao Expertise I can answer all questions about chemistry of water and I would say, I am familiar with almost all diseases of fresh and saltwater fish. I have had my 125 tropical salt and 45 agressive for yrs. I managed a petshop for five years and I am a petcare specialist for a large petchain now. I love my animals. I love this kind of work. Helping people keep their fish sucessfully is so rewarding to me.
Experience I managed a petshop in Bridgeton called Petpourri for about 5 years...I am a petcare specialist for a large pet chain. I have 2 African greys, a Nandey conure,a potbelly pig, 2 rats and a hamster. Oh and did I mention a 125 tropical salt and a 45 agressive salt. I have had brakish and fresh. I am very familiar with disese and chemistry of your tank. I also have 2 senegul chameleons and the anoles that live in the bottom of their 37 high tank. We keep tons of reptiles at the store and keep a couple as pets love them all. I have worked in the pet business for yrs.....along with taking care of all of mine.
Expert: tina quiao Date: 3/17/2008 Subject: green spotted puffers
Question Hi, I got 2 puffers about a month and a half ago. I have them in a 10 gallon tank. The salinity is at 1.00 and I have a sand bottom. Unfortunatley, the only place I could buy these fish (I had wanted them for a long time) was at walmart. Of course I didnt want to buy them there but I had no other choice as no petstore would do a special order for me. One was healthy right from the beginning and the other was much scrawnier. The larger one picked on him a bit but I have lots of plants so that helps with stopping that. However, the smaller one recently looks completely immaciated and won't really eat. Its like he cant see the food or is missing it everytime he goes to bite it. I feed them bloodworms by the way. I also will get baby snails to feed to them occasionally to keep their beaks trimmed. I'm getting worried that the smaller one is going to wither away while the larger one is flourishing. What can I do? Why won't he eat? Is this a common problem? Please help!!
Answer Ashley, I am sorry if he is made himself dominate there isn't much you can do. You can try feeding him closer while your other is feeding. This is normal behavior for them as they grow up . It usually passes hopefully it will with yours....Tina
