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A little bit more information: I believe that this disease only affects his skin because it is going around one of his eyes without affecting it. It has also completelly surrounded one of his lateral fins, but the fin itself is untouched and he uses it perfectly. He swims well, feeds well (he is alw...

Dear Friends, Since i last wrote i tried treating my ill puffer with flagyl, Sera Baktopur Direct and Esha Hexamita and Esha Exit. I did these treatments according to the prescriptions, on an isolated quarantine tank, and until now nothing solved the problem. His wound continues spreading. It all st...

Hello. I digged deeper into my high amonia values, both on hy tank water and on my water changes bucket. Indeed my amonia test was only for fresh water - i bought a saltwater test and the values are zero both oin the tank and bucket.. My actual water parameter are zero amonia and zero nitrites, SG =...

Hello, i would like to wish you all a happy new year. I tried your suggestions, i have been keeping an eye on my water parameters. During the first week i removed the puffer to another tank and tried treating him with melafix + pimafix for 7 days. On the last day the puffer was not moving much, he w...

Another usefull information: I tested my tap water a while ago just to make sure. As i suspected, the amonia content is absolutelly zero... Is it possible that amonia is generated when i add the salt to the water? It has been inside the 20l bucket for 3 days now, with an air filter moving is... On t...

Yes, it is both for Fresh and Saltwater. At least the manufacturer claims so...

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Hello. I've had my tank running for more than one year seven months... I cycled it for 2 months before introducing the 3 puffers... First i added the first water with salt (sg=1.007), i used to add Cycle - around 40ml each week during the first year. As wrote told on the latest emails my nitrite lev...

Hello. I checked my tank's logbook and i realised that i made a mistake when i posted the NO2 values. The NO2 is usually 0 or 0.1 (max). The amonia level i posted is correct. Whenever i prepare new water for the water changes (usually around 20L), i put the water directly from the tap into a bucket ...

Hi. Thanks you very much for the first suggestion busybones. I know you are right regarding the small size of my tank (1 gallon is approximatelly 3.78 liters, my tank is 11 gallons), and also about my water changing lazyness... One more information i forgot to post. During the first 4 or 5 months i ...

Hello. I need your help to try to identify and cure one of my GSP's. I currently own 3 of them, i bought them almost one and a half years ago when they measured around 1cm. They are now 3cm long. I keep them on a 54L tank. When they were young i used to have them on sg 1.007 water, right now i have ...