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That's quite an old age for this species! She may just be at the end of her days.

Hi everyone I have a pea puffer who is about seven years old. She is struggling to see and it’s making it difficult for her to eat to the point she’s gotten pretty thin. Any advice would be super appreciated! She’s super interested in food and she keeps trying to eat but she pounces at the food and misses by almost an inch. She’s also started running into walls a bit and I don’t think she sees the small bladder snails in her tank anymore because suddenly they’re breeding in her tank. We typically feed her frozen bloodworms, frozen brine shrimp, and Hikari Vibra Bites. We’ve tried feeding her from a pipette but she’s still barely getting anything. I also tried dropping some food on a plant leaf and she didn’t find it. Everything is normal in her tank and she has been healthy otherwise. I’m almost positive she doesn’t have parasites as we’ve had her for years, dewormed her before, and she has no symptoms of parasites. She’s acting normally aside from the eyesight issues. Please let me know if you have any recommendations! Thank you!

SAPs are notoriously prone to catching Velvet disease. Try treating for that.

Looking for help. I’ve followed all rabbit hole treatments, water changes daily, kanaplex ich x you name it. It’s been a month. All fish still eating, one not with kanaplex mixed in. I get it down to two of them with spots as I continue treatment then boom I wake up they’re covered again. I’m at a loss. Can I do salt safely?

What puffers are you keeping? Pea puffers like to breed in Java moss.

What puffers are you keeping? Pea puffers like to breed in Java moss.

What puffers are you keeping? Pea puffers like to breed in Java moss.

What puffers are you keeping? Pea puffers like to breed in Java moss.

What puffers are you keeping? Pea puffers like to breed in Java moss.

What puffers are you keeping? Pea puffers like to breed in Java moss.

What puffers are you keeping? Pea puffers like to breed in Java moss.

What puffers are you keeping? Pea puffers like to breed in Java moss.