The Puffer Forum

He died this morning.

I guess I am just a little upset because I have no idea what I did wrong. I followed all the necassary steps to treat this IMO. I listened to all the advice I was given. I got all the mediaction I was told to get. Followed directions the best I could with what info I was given. And even despite spen...

Update....... NO improvements. Gave last dose of Furan 2 / Mela-fix today. The swelling has gotten worse. I really don't think the poor guy is gonna last much longer. Is this when I'm supposed to put him down? This may sound silly but as a last resort is it possible to remove the infection in any wa...

Bred wrote:Results vary from bacteria to meds, to water parameters, to treatment periods. I suggest that if you see no change whatsoever at the end of the sulfa treatment, replace all the water in the tank and start with the Furan-2.

He's been on Furan 2 for 3 days.

Anyone have any other suggestions? I guess I am unclear as to what should be going on...... Is it going to take a while for the swelling to go down? Or should the swelling start going down immediately???? Can anyone give any insight as to time frames? How do I know if it is a lost cause? Does it hav...

I picked up some triple sulfa..... I also located Furan 2 but I have to drive about 75 miles to get it and won't be able go to till tomorrow.... Would it be ok to use triple sulfa and Furan 2 together? I noticed that the product "ultra cure bx" has triple sulfa and nitrofurazone in it. I a...

I live in North Central Iowa.....A small town called Klemme. It's about 30 miles SW of Mason City. I'm gonna guess that unfortunatly I probobly won't be able to find any meds that aren't available at Petco. That place has about as good of selection of meds as the actual fish shops around here. I wil...

I am being told 2 different things from the shops around here.......it is not made anymore and I was also told it was banned? Regardless of what I am being told I am not having any luck finding this stuff.......I checked all the stores around where I live......actually within 2 hours one way of wher...

I've been doing exactly as I've been told throughout this thread. Melafix and Maracin are the meds right now....... I have a petco about 1/2 an hour away. So I guess I have access to any meds they would have..... What do you guys recommend for serious meds....whatever you think will work I can proba...

Nope...no food......I want to try to feed him some blood worms but you said "no food" He looks very skinny. He hasn't eaten in almost 2 weeks. I will do a water change before meds today......how much do you think? 50%? Here are some pics I JUST took......... http://i71.photobucket.com/albu...

I have not done any water changes since I started treating him with the medication. Is this bad?

If his mouth was cut would it swell up on both sides? The lil guy just looks terrible. I'm worried that if it swells up more he may not be able to breath.

It has been 3 days since the milafix/Maracin treatment began.....It appears that he may have gotten worse over the last 3 days. How long should it be before there is noticable improvements? I have been checking water parameters daily and none seem to be out of range....... Is there anything else I s...

Ok...few things to clarify...... The puffer is already in the 100 gallon. I moved him into there from the 20 after it was recommended earlier in this thread. Now if I do move him back into the 20 for meds..... Assuming that he responds to the medication and does get better......is it possible for hi...

This is why I was skeptical about moving him to the 100 gallon tank. Now do I move him back to the 20 for medication and risk stressing him more? It will be pretty expensive to treat him in a 100 gallon tank. Thank you very much for the advice....... I have never gotten bio- spira before. Can I just...

Had the fish for about 5 weeks.

It was treated with pimafix when we got it home. About 2 weeks later was treated for ick with ick away.

Readings are Nitrite 0, Ammonia 0, Nitrate 10-15.