The Puffer Forum

Epistylis. Raising the temps and treating with such-X has only made the spots and fuzz around their mouths worse. Internet says raising temps can make Epistylis worse, which is what’s happened. Just not sure what to do from here for these puffers

Looking up the symptoms of Velvet, I don’t think that’s what they have. I wish I could get the photos to upload. They have white dots all over their bodies and fins, and fuzz around their mouths. When we increased the temps for a few weeks and did ich treatment it just got much worse. I’ve lowered t...

1. Iron 0, Copper 0, Nitrate 10, nitrite 0, total hardness 75, total alkalinity 0, Carbonate 40, freshwater PH 6.4, ammonia 0. 2. 40 gallon tank, 4 super red apistogram cichlids, 6 South American puffers, 2 guppies, 3 halfbeaks, 5 Cory catfish, 6 ottocinclus catfish, 6 amano shrimp, 1 loach, 1 femal...