Congo puffer was sick

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Congo puffer was sick

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Congo puffer was sick

1) My water parameters - pH:6, Ammonia:0, Nitrite:0 , Nitrates:0
2) Tank size:30x30x30, Shrimp
3) One week changing the water one-third
4) no changes
5) Two months

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I think it should be the relationship of the water mold ,and now existing drug
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Your water reading seems very wrong... As far as I remembered, there no plants in the tanks. There is nothing to absorb the no3. 1/3 water change does not seems enough to have this effect.

Illness looks fungus to me.. I am bad with med so just wait for others to chime in.

Btw I read that the 2 congos and the fahaka used to share the same system.. So watch out for them too. The last 2 pics just looked like normal waste.. Where is that pictured?
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scpion wrote:Your water reading seems very wrong... As far as I remembered, there no plants in the tanks. There is nothing to absorb the no3. 1/3 water change does not seems enough to have this effect.

Illness looks fungus to me.. I am bad with med so just wait for others to chime in.

Btw I read that the 2 congos and the fahaka used to share the same system.. So watch out for them too. The last 2 pics just looked like normal waste.. Where is that pictured?
Sorry,empty fish tank running for more than a month, a week ago put the Congo puffer put down
Nitrite higher than normal, just a little bit
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Sorry.. I am going to ask a dumb question... Is the tank cycled? And the kind of filtration that it have now.
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I believe there is not direct filtration on the Congo's system. At least not in the boxes they were living in. It was only a matter of time, before you were going to start losing your puffers. That looks like a horrible case of ich, followed by a bacterial infection, where the parasites have eaten away at the flesh. Poor puffers... I have a feeling worse is yet to come. :(

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I just saw the pic on the other thread.. It should be in a 1ft cube with some kind of undergravel filtration system.. The other Congo is in that same tank though..

I dun want to sound harsh.. There seems to be alot of work for u to improve the living conditions of all the various puffers that u have now... We were all bitten by the " puffer bug " once...
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what drugs?
To save the life of the Congo puffer ?
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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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Looks nasty.
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SEVERE ich infestation. I'm sure this could have been caught earlier.
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I use of xanthate and fungal drug, so Congo puffer has gradually improved, posted the Reference of thank you
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T.k wrote:I use of xanthate and fungal drug, so Congo puffer has gradually improved, posted the Reference of thank you
It dont matter what you do, unless you get REAL filters and LARGER tanks they will all die simple. Fish can't be kept in such conditions like you keep them. BIGGER TANKD REAL FILTERS.
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I'm glad he's improving but the fight isn't over.
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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I believe this guy was/is in with the and other congo and fahaka puffers so keep a close eye on the others for any signs of ich before it get this bad.
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Pufferpunk wrote:I'm glad he's improving but the fight isn't over.
I have to go to school, to go home after five days,I hope that five days after they have all been recovered :o
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