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HELP! i just got 2 new dwarf puffers!! i left them in the bag and let the bag float for more than an hour but i added a little melafix because their fins looked pale and had missing parts...well i went to do some shopping and when i got home i found them laying on the bottom of the bag looking like they were dead! i shaked the bad a little and they wouldnt move! so i took them out and put them in my tank and they couldnt keep their balance anymore!! they arent even an inch in size! they are a size of a newborn play fry! plz help! i put them in a breeding net because my other fish were nipping at them and now they are lying at the bottom of the net like they are dead again!!!!

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Well there's little way of fixing a bad acclimation process. Young fish especially wont handle transport very well. They were stressed and therefore pale from transport I hope you @least opened the bag before walking off on them. If it is just a bad acclimation they're suffering from I'd suggest keeping the tank lights off and not feeding the tank fully for the next few days.

And in the future, please dont EVER shake the bag .


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ok ill shut off the lights! but im so worried i really dont know anything about these fish i dont know what to feed them...the person at the pet store said they will eat flake foods but someone else said they only eat bloodwroms, tubix worms, and snails.... i need as much info as i can get!

small snails to feed, and some bloodworms maybe... in time they'll adjust to more non-live foods.. babel's right, you're gonna have to wait this one out. A bad acclimation/shock is tough for little fish, so just pray.

First off, calm down.

Second, keep the lights off, make sure you're water quality is okay.

Give them live food till they adjust, then wean them off it. It should help them settle in easier. Tim's suggestions will do nicely, snails are a favorite with these guys.

Good Luck, let us know what happens.
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Good morning Baby, or so I'm hoping it is for you...Hopefully the babies are doing better this morning... But, since you mentioned that you didn't know anything about the dwarf puffers, and now you are in desperate need of information...Here's some sites to help you out while you wait, with the lights out...

[link=http://www.dwarfpuffers.com/]http://www.dwarfpuffers.com/" style="COLOR: #FFC0C0[/link]
[link=http://www.aquahobby.com/gallery/gpuffer3.html]http://www.aquahobby.com/gallery/gpuffer3.html" style="COLOR: #FFC0C0[/link]

Well, I hope one of those will be of some help...Best wishes, Heidi

"I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom." Thomas Carlyle

Thank you so much guys!! the puffers are doing very well today! the only prob is that i dont have food for them till tomorrow as today is christmas! =( poor things have to survive tonight without food...but first thing in the morning im going to go get thier food!