The Puffer Forum

thanks pufferpunk for all your help. I just came across Filbert's story. very sorry to hear. Did you bury him too? I guess saying goodbyes is just a natural part of the hobby. I kept many different fish but his passing hit me the hardest. Puffers can show emotions quite well and they recognize you. ...

I hope he is now in a better place. Not suffering anymore.
I just buried him wrapped in a white cloth with his snacks next to an old tree. Put a nice stone on his grave.

The tank is now so empty. I already miss him

I think it is time... to say goodbye :( Going to put him to sleep with some clove oil. So he does not have to suffer anymore. I hope he is not angry because I could not save him. He was a friend that brought so much joy. Going to bury him with some of his favorite frozen snails and clams. So he has ...

Well... today will be probably a sad day.. he is not doing so well... and he is getting weaker and weaker.. He only breathes 5 times a minute.. 4 days ago when I came home he had an cardiac arrest and was not breathing anymore. I immediately started to massage his chest for an hour and put a tube co...

I found out that sunken eyes might be a symptom of fish tuberculosis. Apparently some Koi are very susceptible to fish tuberculosis.
Anybody dealt with fish tuberculosis??

hope percy makes it man... :-| there is a super antibiotic called Carbapenem. I am not sure if the vet can get. It kills most gram positive and gram negative pathogens. It is usually used in intensive care units in hospitals when a patient contracts a multi resistant infection. That is like the atom...

It was trapped air however it was futher back than his stomach which is why burping him wasnt working and has now been release by vets.

Hey wookie, could you tell me please what the vet did to release the air??
Did he cut a hole or did some surgery??
Thanks man.

Does he eat?

I tried some worms, mussels, mussels without shell, with and without garlic. Had to feed him a mussel smoothie every 3 days. He does not eat. He does poop and I can see some dark stuff on the bottom of the tank. Fortunately the nematodes are gone. I couldn't find a single one this morning in the sam...

no, unfortunately not... but he still can see i used a mirror to check and when he saw his reflection he swam away. For now i put in a bare container and started treating with metronidazole. oh man... i thought he was okay. what could cause this?

Hello guys.. my MBU was recovering very well and today I saw that he has developed some issues with his eyes. They look like sunken eyes. His eyes are not protruding like normals puffers rather the have sunken into his eye sockets a bit... I upload a pic in a minute. what should I do now?? I might h...

I found something weird in his poop today. Red nematods and some round creatures. All worms are dead and not moving. I found only one single moving round bacteria (?).
Maybe someone can help with ID?

btw flubendazole is not water soluble if I remember correctly from class. So you have to get it "in" him somehow. Just mixing it with the tank water would be ineffective. I would take a little syringe and flexible tubing and force feed a flubenol suspension. (what I did) Good luck, hope he...

Parasite no effect in 24hours what are you using for parasites? Acriflavin is only used for external issues on the skin like fin rot, fungus etc., checked it again. It works really slow http://www.pharmawiki.ch/wiki/index.php?wiki=Acriflavin I would get a different medication since it is clearly in...

His anus is still open. Do I have to do something or is that part of the progress?

Edit: It is not over yet. Just rechecked his poop and there are still a few dead nematodes. Found three.. we are getting there.

i would also dim the light a bit if you have a controller. the one pic where he is floating on the top the light is close to his eyes and he might look directly into it. This could really stress him out.
Sick fish tend to relax more in darker tanks.