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by GAR
Sun Mar 25, 2012 12:52 pm
Forum: Hospital
Topic: MBU WITH IP'S?
Replies: 22
Views: 1533

Re: MBU WITH IP'S?

Selling him to a shop does not give you the option to get him into a proper environment. Why do you think that was my plan ? IDK if you recieved my reply but this is charlie . The mbu seems to be ok but maybe he has ip i'm not sure he's eating fine but has a chain of sausage like waste so . I was t...
by GAR
Fri Mar 16, 2012 1:02 am
Forum: Hospital
Topic: MBU WITH IP'S?
Replies: 22
Views: 1533

Re: MBU WITH IP'S?

Are you adding the ip meds to his food yet? You wanna get those inside him too. If he is swimming and eating he still has plenty of fight left in him. However you want to get rid of the infestations ASAP Well i was going too then i decided to wait for the ick to be completly gone,... but i tried a ...
by GAR
Wed Mar 14, 2012 2:39 am
Forum: Hospital
Topic: MBU WITH IP'S?
Replies: 22
Views: 1533

Re: MBU WITH IP'S?

Feed him little and often if you have to, it's important he keeps his strength up yea thats what i'm trying so he keeps his strength he te 3x today 1 big 2 liittle 1 was a piece of shrimp soaked in garlic . i now know why mbu needs massive filtration and massive wc when he eats its like a grinder s...
by GAR
Mon Mar 12, 2012 11:18 pm
Forum: Hospital
Topic: MBU WITH IP'S?
Replies: 22
Views: 1533

Re: MBU WITH IP'S?

Try the medicated food ASAP . Remember to garlic soak too. They love it ok i'm gonna try tonight he ate another krill in the morning!, but still has a few white spots on eyes ,fins and body but only a few not hundreds like at first .thanks for the garlic tip works like a champ Can you not dig up bi...
by GAR
Mon Mar 12, 2012 3:19 am
Forum: Hospital
Topic: MBU WITH IP'S?
Replies: 22
Views: 1533

Re: MBU WITH IP'S?

ok here we are day 2 into ips and ick ....woke up today and mbu was swimming around looking good ,went to check my other tank with the clowns and bam they have ick i mean wow just wow i cant win but i went ahead with salt and heat before it spreads they seem to be fine as of 10 hrs later! now that i...
by GAR
Sun Mar 11, 2012 2:57 am
Forum: Hospital
Topic: MBU WITH IP'S?
Replies: 22
Views: 1533

Re: MBU WITH IP'S?

sorry took so long to get back ....did a wc earlier today tried food in garlic and stuffed it in a shrimp but nada went to get worms but 2 spots were out ,so i left him be... did some some other stuff i had to do came back several hrs later and went to check the puff out and low and behold he was sw...
by GAR
Sat Mar 10, 2012 1:41 am
Forum: Hospital
Topic: MBU WITH IP'S?
Replies: 22
Views: 1533

Re: MBU WITH IP'S?

Pufferpunk wrote:Some animals go into starvation mode & never eat again & then have to be force-fed.
well lets keep our fingers crossed i dont think i can handle another puffer loss ..so i will do what ever is required to save him
by GAR
Sat Mar 10, 2012 12:59 am
Forum: Hospital
Topic: MBU WITH IP'S?
Replies: 22
Views: 1533

Re: MBU WITH IP'S?

yea i moved them earlier to another tank but my filters should be enough bio for hm since hes not eating and causing a mess rite? I have 2 xp2 on there and a walmart hob . Ok i ll try some worms in the morning i'll have to go get some hey thanks for your response idk how you do it but you always hel...
by GAR
Fri Mar 09, 2012 7:29 pm
Forum: Hospital
Topic: MBU WITH IP'S?
Replies: 22
Views: 1533

MBU WITH IP'S?

Ok guys as alot of you know i ust lost alot of my fish including my beloved fAhakas,so im telling all this to my freind and he proceeds to tell me that he ordered a small mbu puffer from houston ,I'm like WOW didnt i tell u that ya need a serious tank for this fish and he's like yea ,so after a few ...
by GAR
Wed Mar 07, 2012 11:00 pm
Forum: Hospital
Topic: mbu puffer has ich
Replies: 20
Views: 2914

Re: mbu puffer has ich

J-P wrote:sorry for the loss. my heart goes out to you.
Man means a more than i can say thanks alot
by GAR
Wed Mar 07, 2012 10:48 pm
Forum: Hospital
Topic: mbu puffer has ich
Replies: 20
Views: 2914

Re: mbu puffer has ich

I just wanted to thank everyone for there help.... But i lost all the fish except 1 loach and 2 crawfish but the loach is bouncing around so he may not make it ....It absoultley broke my heart to see puff dead he was 11" and felt as if he weighed a pound .... he will be missed ...it gets worse ...
by GAR
Tue Mar 06, 2012 3:07 pm
Forum: Hospital
Topic: mbu puffer has ich
Replies: 20
Views: 2914

Re: mbu puffer has ich

ok guys gals , ive been on this since sunday todays tuesday heat was at 83-84 i lowered it to 79-80 ive changed 50% water and re added salt api aquarium ok the reason i lowered it my big puff is at the top looking bad i lost a small royal lastnight and i dont wanna lose puff but i swear it looks lik...
by GAR
Sun Mar 04, 2012 3:25 am
Forum: Hospital
Topic: mbu puffer has ich
Replies: 20
Views: 2914

Re: mbu puffer has ich

I know this is an old thread but no need for a new one since this has answered all but 1 question .After doing the water change do you add more salt ?The same as directed amount ? And is a week long enough mine is a fahaka and i bumped the temp to 80 is this ok or go higher? Parameters are a=0 nitri...
by GAR
Sun Jan 15, 2012 2:12 pm
Forum: Giant Puffer Species
Topic: Out with the old in with the new !!!
Replies: 11
Views: 1699

Re: Out with the old in with the new !!!

Very nice fahaka ....I love your tank sand,wood,and that awesome 3d background!!!!!
by GAR
Mon Dec 26, 2011 11:15 pm
Forum: Giant Puffer Species
Topic: Say Hello to this Fahaka
Replies: 45
Views: 5006

Re: Say Hello to this Fahaka

nice very nice