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Some great info thank you. He started with some dots didnt notice until it covered its whole body (it happend so darn quickly) and then they looked like wet salt grains and he was just there not moving. Maybe it wasnt ich but some other illness.

My boyfriend set it up, so to my knowledge he prepared the tank by adding api accua-clear and a piece of his pellet fish food few days later (I didnt have the food for the puffers yet), to create the bacteria needed before getting the puffers. Also washed the filter once. Ok I will get the liquid te...

Not sure I guess the test strip I used didnt include ammonia. The tank was set up a week and half prior to getting them, cycled it, also used API accu-clear. Before the other died I added about 2 tsp of salt first dialuted it using same tank water, maybe it wasnt enough to help. For feeding im givin...

Hello, I'm new to this forum and to puffers. I got 2 figure 8 on Wednesday and one died 2 days after. I'm pretty sure he was already sick when I got him and didnt notice it. Before he died i had put some API ich cure treatment but was reading that could kill them so i out the carbon filter back. Nex...