The Puffer Forum

Yeahhh i'm so frightened of what happend happening again though! I'll read into it and see if they get any worse signs or if its just me being over paranoid.

Hi guys i recently had a tank wipeout thanks to a bad case of whitespot. So ive started fresh and have a permanently run quarantine tank this time with no live rock and no substrate so i can keep ontop of things alot easier. And ive bought myself two baby porc's the lfs held onto one of them for me ...

thanks for pic, It does look similar and i have little hope he will survive especially as ive lost two fish yesterday with strange skin problems however i have a yellow tang left in the same tank who seems absolutely fine. so im not sure if this has been contagious and from the other fish if my tang...

ihope she can help 've posted on marine depot I will pm her when I get home

for those who can't see his face has turnt black his beak was purple last night now his face is black and his mouth drys open making his beak appear shorter

Ammonia = 0 Nitrite = 0 Nitrate = 10 PH = 8.2 SG 1.010 (hyposalinity to treat a huge outbreak of ICH) temp 26 C Please if anyone can watch this video and help diagnose this and why i am having this problem i have had two fish die within 24 hours and i know its more than likely too late for my puffer...

ICH has disappeared from most fish however in one fish a small regal tang, the fishes spots turnt to cobweb looking mucus and was trailing behind him and off of his fins, he sadly died today, and another fish raccoon butterfly, also died today after showing signs this morning of pattern changing and...

I always re calibrate my refractomometer with the same temp water, so just matched ph, temp and ro for 30 mins?

whats a good thread or site explaining how to perform a FW dip, ive seen plenty online but i want to get this right for the puffer. not just a general one for every other fish.

It's not necessarily bad? however it does sting some fish, and multiply by the bus load, and its hard to rid, their are products to get rid of it however i used aiptasia X and it just made it 10 times worse in my tank, best thing for it for me was a raccoon butterfly fish he chomped it all up in a f...

Do they look like this?


http://www.reefbuilders.com/wp-content/ ... ptasia.jpg

No not treating with copper, just Hyposalinty at 1.009.

I just found this picture on an old thread. And this is exactly what he looked like two days ago so now comparing that to him now i guess i can see a big improvement on his body spots.

Hi bud, his skin isnt white i think in paranoir i just started to noticed new stuff it seems his skin just has this as a pattern its two spots on each side of his body and another two by where his cheeks would be if he wernt a fish haha! Plus where he was pale it may have showed the white off a litt...

Hiya little update, his absolutely coated in spots making his skin appear dry and flaky all over his body, his fins have hundreds of tiny specs on and his body is well covered, Ive decided to go with hypo salinity and over the last few days have brought the sg down to 1.009, He is still eating but i...