The Puffer Forum

Added melafix and general cure to treat for ip. The spots seem to be getting worse. Would it beneficial to do a fresh water dip? 50 lbs of live rock and no nitrates. Just tested again. I'm not sure of the skimmer brand. No sump. We run emperor 400 filter with bio wheel As far as the size of our tank...

Will need full tank details to help please. Do they come and go? When did you first see them? Salinity 1.026 pH 8.0 Ammonia 0.0 Nitrate 0.0 Nitrite 0.0 60 gal fish only tank with the following inhabitants: 4 blue damsels 3 clowns 1 coral beauty 1 humuhumu trigger 1 algae blenny 1 spiny box puffer A...

Pufferpunk wrote:
I would add Marine Melafix & treat for IPs.

What are IPs? I'm a little new to this.

I am trying to determine what the heck this is. My puffer is behaving normally and eating just fine, but I need to know if I need to be concerned about the white spots on its fins and tail.

I can go into tank detail if needed, but please help me identify this.

Thanks in advance!