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by Michaelm7
Wed Feb 03, 2021 1:27 pm
Forum: Hospital
Topic: Figure 8 puffer lethargic and little to no appetite.
Replies: 10
Views: 13220

Re: Figure 8 puffer lethargic and little to no appetite.

They said there was nothing that they could do.
Said to try to keep her comfortable and prescribed this medicine to help her keep food down.
They gave her a few weeks to live, yet she has been going still for about 4 months.
She keeps fighting, she wants to live.
by Michaelm7
Tue Feb 02, 2021 6:46 pm
Forum: Hospital
Topic: Figure 8 puffer lethargic and little to no appetite.
Replies: 10
Views: 13220

Re: Figure 8 puffer lethargic and little to no appetite.

Yes, the bulge stays. Also it looks like it hinders tail movement. For instance, when swimming the tail doesn't really bend that direction much aside from the very end. It is more like the tail right, straight, right, straight. and in resting position it is slightly bent to the right. It really remi...
by Michaelm7
Tue Feb 02, 2021 1:48 pm
Forum: Hospital
Topic: Figure 8 puffer lethargic and little to no appetite.
Replies: 10
Views: 13220

Re: Figure 8 puffer lethargic and little to no appetite.

What about that bulge on it's side that seems to be growing?
by Michaelm7
Tue Feb 02, 2021 2:03 am
Forum: Hospital
Topic: Figure 8 puffer lethargic and little to no appetite.
Replies: 10
Views: 13220

Re: Figure 8 puffer lethargic and little to no appetite.

I coaxed it into 1 of those little isolation boxes you can use to move fish between tanks and treat and such to try to get the best angle of picture to show bulge I am meaning. Hopefully you can still see pretty well with all the cropping I had to do to make it fit the 256 kb requirement. You will d...
by Michaelm7
Mon Feb 01, 2021 11:46 pm
Forum: Hospital
Topic: Figure 8 puffer lethargic and little to no appetite.
Replies: 10
Views: 13220

Figure 8 puffer lethargic and little to no appetite.

Ammonia and Nitrate 0 PH about 7.0 Salinity 1.007 The tank has been set up for about 2 years. There are no live plants, all fake... have tried several different live species that supposedly highly resistant to salt, but to no avail... gave up on that a year and a half ago lol. There is a figure 8 pu...