URGENT - Help needed

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Since this board has been up, we have found there are several questions that routinely get asked in order to help diagnose problems. If you can have that information to begin with in your post, we'll be able to help right away (if we can!) without having to wait for you to post the info we need.

1) Your water parameters - pH, Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrates and salinity (if appropriate). This is by far the most important information you can provide! Do not answer this with "Fine" "Perfect" "ok", that tells us nothing. We need hard numbers.

2) Tank size and a list of ALL inhabitants. Include algae eaters, plecos, everything. We need to know what you have and how big the tank is.

3) Feeding, water change schedule and a list of all products you are using or have added to the tank (examples: Cycle, Amquel, salt, etc)

4) What changes you've made in the tank in the last week or so. Sometimes its the little things that make all the difference.

5) How long the aquarium has been set up, and how did you cycle it? If you don't know what cycling is read this: Fishless Cycling Article and familiarize yourself with all the information. Yes. All of it.

We want to help, and providing this information will go a LONG way to getting a diagnosis and hopeful cure that much faster.

While you wait for assistance:
One of the easiest and best ways to help your fish feel better is clean water! If you are already on a regular water change schedule (50% weekly is recommended) a good step to making your fish more comfortable while waiting for diagnosis/suggestions is to do a large water change immediately. Feel free to repeat daily or as often as you can, clean water is always a good thing! Use of Amquel or Prime as a dechlor may help with any ammonia or nitrite issues, and is highly recommended.

Note - if you do not normally do large water changes, doing a sudden, large water change could shock your fish by suddenly changing their established water chemistry. Clean water is still your first goal, so in this case, do several smaller (10%) water changes over the next day or two before starting any large ones.
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I am sorry that is no fun, I would start bringing up the temp and adding in table salt then.
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The temp is currently at 80F, Would 82F be enough? Also how much tank water should I take out to mix salt in with?
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I've put the Temp up to 84F and she seemed fine with it, so I went ahead and added the correct amount of dissolved salt, Really hope this works.

EDIT: Sorry about the double post, didn't realise :lol:
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It will just keep a close eye on her.
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And add an extra airstone if poss
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I've put an air pump in there just to get some extra oxygen flowing, she seems a lot more active atm.

Maybe I'll try her with some food later.
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Thats good to hear, did you add the salt? Not much water needs to be taken out to add, its better to have it stir for a while by use of powerhead and then add into filter stream. Keep us updated!
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puffykid wrote:Thats good to hear, did you add the salt? Not much water needs to be taken out to add, its better to have it stir for a while by use of powerhead and then add into filter stream. Keep us updated!
Yeah, I've added the salt, and put it in front of the filter stream, I'll add the 1/2 Tablespoon per US gallon tomorrow (7 Tablespoons for me)

She now has plenty to explore when she gets better.
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Treatment for ich is stickied here.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...

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Besides the ich does she appear to be doing better?
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Yeah, she's moving about a lot more and has a lot brighter colour now, her tail's straight more often then not now. I'll put some more dissolved salt in today, and then try her with some food around lunch time.
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Another question, using RTRs salt method for curing Ich, can I do water changes? And if so will I have to add any salt back into the water?
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Yes, regular water changes are good. You need to dose the new water just as you dosed the tank. However, make sure you only add salt for the added water and not the old water :)
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Thanks, I'll do a 50% WC tomorrow.
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Whilst doing your w/c gravel vac thoroughly to remove as many parasites as poss, I gravel vac daily when I dealt with ich. The more you remove the better it is for your puffer
It's amazing how easy maintenance is. If done regularly and thoroughly
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