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- Sun Sep 16, 2018 8:42 pm
- Forum: Hospital
- Topic: Congo puffer treatment
- Replies: 18
- Views: 846
Re: Congo puffer treatment
sounds good. be sure to defrost any frozen food before feeding. and if you can, soak food in vitamins before feeding. i'd be interested to know if the puffer shows any interest in the snails. Congo's usually ignore them. earthworms & crickets are good also. as far as the meds go, it might be nic...
- Sun Sep 16, 2018 5:47 pm
- Forum: Hospital
- Topic: Congo puffer treatment
- Replies: 18
- Views: 846
Re: Congo puffer treatment
..........so far I've never heard of a miurus puffer with parasites, but that's not to say it couldn't happen. de-worming meds should be given by soaking the food in the med, then feeding (as opposed to adding it to the water). treating as such in the main tank should be fine. what are you planning ...
- Sat Sep 15, 2018 4:20 pm
- Forum: Freshwater Puffers
- Topic: Tetraodon Miurus + Cory's
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1101
Re: Tetraodon Miurus + Cory's
I'm a bit pessimistic about a fish with half it's gut ripped out and being left to die that way.Bulletfishy wrote: ↑Sat Sep 15, 2018 2:49 pm O wow! Good to know then. Ill try it one or two more times before my puffer arrives but I'm a bit pessimistic about it =/
.........just saying
- Mon Sep 03, 2018 11:40 am
- Forum: Tricks of the Trade/Equipment Queries
- Topic: being equipped..................
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1723
being equipped..................
Why, oh why, do people invest all that goes into having an aquarium, then skimp out on a quality liquid test kit?
- Mon Sep 03, 2018 11:31 am
- Forum: Hospital
- Topic: Need help!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 409
Re: Need help!
Amonia strip read between ideal and safe so between 0 to 0.25. Nitrate at "okay" between 20 to 40. Nitrite at "stress" around the 3.0 mark. and PH reads at what looks like "ideal" around 8.4. and salinity is about 0.08. strips are not accurate. your water parameters ma...
- Sat Aug 11, 2018 5:42 pm
- Forum: Freshwater Puffers
- Topic: Mysterious Dwarf Puffer Death, Seeking Closure
- Replies: 3
- Views: 572
Re: Mysterious Dwarf Puffer Death, Seeking Closure
Did you do a water change immediately when you first noticed symptoms? Based upon your sketchy water parameters & description of the behavior, i'd go with poisoning. We can't stress the importance of proper water testing enough, it answers 90% of the questions, in addition to heading off a probl...
- Sun Jul 22, 2018 10:48 am
- Forum: Giant Puffer Species
- Topic: Mbu with dwarf puffers
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1864
Re: Mbu with dwarf puffers
sounds like a potential slaughter to me
- Sat Jul 21, 2018 6:05 pm
- Forum: Hospital
- Topic: Fahaka puffer problems
- Replies: 18
- Views: 975
Re: Fahaka puffer problems
A good bet.
I just wanted to illustrate what Meme should look for.
Meme can probably source it from there.
WOW, I just checked availability on Amazon, they are on sale for $17.29 USD.
WHAT A BARGAIN !!!!!!!!
I just wanted to illustrate what Meme should look for.
Meme can probably source it from there.
WOW, I just checked availability on Amazon, they are on sale for $17.29 USD.
WHAT A BARGAIN !!!!!!!!
- Sat Jul 21, 2018 9:28 am
- Forum: Hospital
- Topic: Fahaka puffer problems
- Replies: 18
- Views: 975
Re: Fahaka puffer problems
Get a liquid test kit.
The test kit strips are not accurate.
Water should be tested every day if there is a problem with the water.
After the water is normalized and stable, it doesn't need to be tested as often.
https://www.petco.com/shop/en/petcostor ... r-test-kit
The test kit strips are not accurate.
Water should be tested every day if there is a problem with the water.
After the water is normalized and stable, it doesn't need to be tested as often.
https://www.petco.com/shop/en/petcostor ... r-test-kit
- Sat Jul 14, 2018 11:06 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Sad News...
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2041
Re: Sad News...
sorry to hear this Pp
- Fri Jun 29, 2018 3:40 pm
- Forum: Hospital
- Topic: pea puffer starving to death
- Replies: 3
- Views: 300
Re: pea puffer starving to death
based upon personal experience and many years of activity in this forum, it seems that many (if not most) dwarf puffers have IPs when purchased. the amount of time it takes them to succumb to IPs has a lot to do with catching/distribution time & conditions/shipping/stress/water conditions. some ...
- Sun Jun 24, 2018 8:57 pm
- Forum: Freshwater Puffers
- Topic: Skinny and delayed Tetraodon schoutedeni (spotted congo) shipment
- Replies: 46
- Views: 10055
Re: Skinny and delayed Tetraodon schoutedeni (spotted congo) shipment
...........so glad to see this, thanks for the GOOD NEWS!!!!
- Tue Jun 19, 2018 11:26 am
- Forum: Freshwater Puffers
- Topic: Skinny and delayed Tetraodon schoutedeni (spotted congo) shipment
- Replies: 46
- Views: 10055
Re: Skinny and delayed Tetraodon schoutedeni (spotted congo) shipment
they are VERY emaciated they may have a serious case of IPs. if they looked like the picture in your first post when delivered, I'd REALLY take exception. who did you order them from? I've ordered fish to ship to me, and none have ever looked like something that I wouldn't purchase in person. I'd ha...
- Mon Jun 18, 2018 9:56 am
- Forum: Freshwater Puffers
- Topic: Skinny and delayed Tetraodon schoutedeni (spotted congo) shipment
- Replies: 46
- Views: 10055
Re: Skinny and delayed Tetraodon schoutedeni (spotted congo) shipment
they don't look too good.
have you been in touch with the seller, sent pictures?
when you requested pre-shipping pictures, how much time went by between the request for pictures and the shipping of the fish?
have you been in touch with the seller, sent pictures?
when you requested pre-shipping pictures, how much time went by between the request for pictures and the shipping of the fish?
- Sun Jun 03, 2018 6:27 pm
- Forum: Tricks of the Trade/Equipment Queries
- Topic: Fluval FX5, FX6 or Eheim 2262
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2150
Re: Fluval FX5, FX6 or Eheim 2262
Thanks so much for your reply. That is great feedback. I needed the nudge-think I'm going to push the button today and get the Eheim! Sorry to hear you had such a bad experience recently with Fluval. I hope they were able to fix it... they really weren't able to fix it (though they tried-unsucessfu...