Hi guys!
I bought 2 dwarf puffers about 3 months ago and had absolutely no problems until now that one of them is sick, and i dont know whats wrong!
Ive got a 50liter tank with 2 guppies, 2 glow lights, 2 white clouds, 1 aglae eater and then the 2 dwarf puffers ofcorse. Got my water tested and its 100%, i know its not the answer that you are looking for but it is. I feed my fish flake food and the puffers live brine shrimp. I do 10%-20% water changes twice a week. Fake plants with small amount of java moss.
One of my puffers is in a bad state, noticed small changes in his behavior about a week ago but thought he was just being grumpy or something. Hes not eating at all and is rooted to the bottem of my tank, very thin and hardly moves, at all! Might this be a parasite or what? What can i do to save him?
Would apreciate any help asap!
thanx in advance
Dwarf puffer emergency!!!
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Read this before posting!!
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.
Read this before posting!!
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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Pufferpunk
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Re: Dwarf puffer emergency!!!
Brine shrimp have little to no nutrition. Try feeding it meaty foods like small pieces of people shrimp soaked in fish vitamins & live/frozen blackworms or bloodworms. If you keep fish, you need your own test kits.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
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eieio
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RIP cream puff :-( - Location (country): U.S.A.
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Re: Dwarf puffer emergency!!!
parasites are a common problem
best help I can give you is to guide you to the puffer care articles, available in The Puffer Library ("learn" button at the top of this page)
best help I can give you is to guide you to the puffer care articles, available in The Puffer Library ("learn" button at the top of this page)
"I plan ahead. That way, I don't have to do anything right now!"
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itlagswrx
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Re: Dwarf puffer emergency!!!
May be a case of IP. You should get Prazipro and dose him if possible. It may be too late. You can always dose the other puff to error on the side of caution.
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Pufferpunk
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- Joined: Tue May 31, 2005 11:06 am
- Gender: Female
- My Puffers: Filbert, the 12" T lineatus
Punkster, the 4" red T miurus
Mongo, the 4" A modestus
2 T biocellatus
C valentini
C coranata
C papuan
Also kept:
lorteti
DPs
suvattii
burrfish
T niphobles - Location (country): USA, Greenville, SC
- Location: Chicago
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Re: Dwarf puffer emergency!!!
You can't just dose a tank for IPs. Gotta soak their food in it.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
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Jano
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Re: Dwarf puffer emergency!!!
THanx for the advice guys but unfortunately my puffer didnt make it, my fav puffer... its difficult to find dwarf puffers in my area