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Which species of red eye puffers?

Melafix wouldn't do that. It's pretty harmless- an antiseptic.

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Try live earthworms. I'm not great with meds, sorry.

If it is an infection, I would add Kanaplex & Melafix, if you can get them. In CAN, many of these meds can be used on humans, although not for human consumption, so I guess they just nixed the sale of fish antibiotics altogether.

Blindness can be a symptom of ammonia/nitrite poisoning. What test kits are you using? How large is he exactly? When are you upgrading?

This post is from 2023.

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Give him time to know that he is safe & I think you'll have your very own wet puppy in no time!

Might as well treat the entire tank with the SW form of Ich-x.
Do you have lots of caves & swim-thrus for him to hide out in? In all my years of scuba diving, I rarely saw them out in the open during the daytime.

Never raise the temps. Did you try the Ich-x in normal tropical temps?

Why lower the temp? I would think that would stress the immune system more. Kanaplex is not helping? Did you use the Ich-x at full dosage?

This species is very prone to Velvet.

I had one that died 3 weeks after I purchased it. I cut it open and found a hard liver inside. It died of fatty liver disease probably because it was fed goldfish at the store I bought them from.
I'm sorry for your loss!

You need to deworm them all. Use Pazii Pro