Possible Ich on Figure 8
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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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munchypuf
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Possible Ich on Figure 8
My figure 8 puffer, Nibbles, has developed some strange white spots on him in the past 24 hours. They look a bit like ich. He also has this weird pimple-like bump on his side (which I hope is not a nematode). These only appeared last night, and my dad and I checked the water today. Ammonia - 0, Nitrite - 0, Nitrate - >5. He is acting perfectly normal, but he just has those weird little spots. If this is ich, what are some good medicines to cure it. Also, does anyone have any idea what that bump is? I am sorry that there are no picture, as I don't know how to upload to this site. Also, Nibbles won't stay still long enough to get a clear picture. Thanks, everybody!
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Re: Possible Ich on Figure 8
Oh, also, I started feeding him some shrimp from the grocery store on Friday evening. This is the only change that has taken place in a while. Also, salinity was at 1.005 when last checked.
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Re: Possible Ich on Figure 8
Pics would definitely help! Are the white spots on his fins? If not, then maybe you're just seeing his spines. Maybe the bump is food?
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Re: Possible Ich on Figure 8
There are some spots on his fins, but they have been there since we got him a few months ago, I think. They also look a little bit different than the spots on his body. I don't think that the bump is food, it is almost up by his dorsal fin. I will see if I can get some pictures today.
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Re: Possible Ich on Figure 8
Pics will really help us to identify the problem. Does sound like ich though.
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Re: Possible Ich on Figure 8
You can upload your pictures to a site like photobucket and paste the URL here.munchypuf wrote:My figure 8 puffer, Nibbles, has developed some strange white spots on him in the past 24 hours. They look a bit like ich. He also has this weird pimple-like bump on his side (which I hope is not a nematode). These only appeared last night, and my dad and I checked the water today. Ammonia - 0, Nitrite - 0, Nitrate - >5. He is acting perfectly normal, but he just has those weird little spots. If this is ich, what are some good medicines to cure it. Also, does anyone have any idea what that bump is? I am sorry that there are no picture, as I don't know how to upload to this site. Also, Nibbles won't stay still long enough to get a clear picture. Thanks, everybody!
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munchypuf
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Re: Possible Ich on Figure 8
Unfortunately, Nibbles will not hold still long enough for me to get a picture. I will try again today, though. So far, Nibbles is still acting normally, but he still has the spots and bump. There are a few spots on his back, and several on his tail. The spots do sound a lot like what I have heard ich described as. As for the bump, it just looks sort of like a pimple. A nematode wouldn't just suddenly present after several months, right? I know that it is hard to diagnose an illness without images of it, but should I medicate Nibbles anyway? Ich is curable, right? Also, I think that Nibbles might be eating the algae off of the fake plants in the tank. Is this normal?
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Re: Possible Ich on Figure 8
What's the SG of Nibbles' tank?
http://www.thepufferforum.com/forum/vie ... =3&t=28113
Nematode under the skin usually looks like a raised bump with a indentation in the middle. Sometimes they move around.
http://www.thepufferforum.com/forum/vie ... =3&t=28113
Nematode under the skin usually looks like a raised bump with a indentation in the middle. Sometimes they move around.
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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munchypuf
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Re: Possible Ich on Figure 8
Last that it was checked, roughly a week and a half ago, it was 1.005. I will check again today, when I get home. I can't really tell what exactly the bump looks like, the skin in that area is pretty dark. There is also another white spot on the bump.