The Puffer Forum

I find it helps to scoop them into a bucket to move them, instead of lifting them out of the water with a net. Much less stressful. And always acclimatise the fish, whether it be to a new tank or for a bath. I usually acclimate for 10 min on average. For a dip treatment that only lasts 30-60 seconds...

A note about mixing meds with water changes- Water conditioners are reducers- they work by reducing chlorine to chloride. They can also affect some drugs used to treat fish, reducing them to toxic and/or useless (this is especially true for quick cure, and aldehydes such as Paraguard. Less so I beli...

I am fond of Seachem's Paraguard. It is quite mild on the fish and you can do a one hour dip (watch to make sure the fish does not become more stressed than when you put it in) and treat the tank. I also like Quick Cure. Yes it is harsh but sometimes ICH is harsher. Heat works to speed up the parasi...

I feed them everything I have available, something different every day. Mysis shrimp, spirulina brine, blood worms, snails if I can find them, silk worms, butter worms, wax worms, crickets. NO feeder fish, unless someone is using those behind my back.

Yes Kent is marine salt that is what I am using. I might switch to Seachem "Brackish salt" when it is more available, as most of our customers want planted tanks at home and I'd like to match that for them. Water quality is impeccable. pH 7.5, Am 0, NitrIte 0, NitrAte almost undetectable, ...

I work at a lfs and unfortunately most of the time we order GSP they come in with horrid (bacterial?) fin infections that leads to high mortality. The fins have white patches which look thick, sometimes globular. Gradually this deteriorates the fins and the fish become more and more lethargic, stop ...