Figure 8 Puffer White spot on rear tail. Dots on puffer,ich?

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Figure 8 Puffer White spot on rear tail. Dots on puffer,ich?

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Just curious if this is ich or I'm too worried, had them for about a month, moved all 3 to a 29 gallon tank. But I noticed white spots on all of them at their tail and just dots on them, doesn't look like ich but their actual "skin" pigment. Can someone intervene and see what it is? They're all healthy and active, just the rear fin dots worry me. Maybe fin damage? Help!
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Re: Figure 8 Puffer White spot on rear tail. Dots on puffer,

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Sometimes they get those. I think it's just from an irritation. Should go away. What's the SG of their tank? pH? I see you're not using aragonite sand?
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How do I cure it? SG is reading at 1.5 trying to push it to 1.8 over time, not sure about the SG at the store I got them.PH is approximately high end 7, almost 8. And using fluorite as the base, was thinking about using aragonite sand, as I bought play sand instead.
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Re: Figure 8 Puffer White spot on rear tail. Dots on puffer,

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She 1.5? Do you mean 1.005? That is high enough for f8 puffers
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Re: Figure 8 Puffer White spot on rear tail. Dots on puffer,

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Yes sorry, got my terminology mixed up. I thought their specific salinity should be at 1.008? Furthermore if anyone can help me with snail feeding or what is this and should I be worried please let me know, is there a way to buy snails in bulk? Some asian markets have black snails in bulk and was curious what is safe to feed them for their beaks to stay trimmed.
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