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by scpion
Tue Sep 13, 2011 9:45 pm
Forum: Hospital
Topic: MBU Puffer drifting...
Replies: 58
Views: 3146

Re: MBU Puffer drifting...

Couldnt find much details, even from the company.. but some forums suggest it may contain metronidazole or some sort..
by scpion
Tue Sep 13, 2011 9:35 pm
Forum: Hospital
Topic: MBU Puffer drifting...
Replies: 58
Views: 3146

Re: MBU Puffer drifting...

sevenyearnight wrote:What drugs are in the medicine you bought? It might contain one or both. Then you could just use it to soak the food in.
There no ingredient label on the bottle.. I try google it.
by scpion
Tue Sep 13, 2011 9:27 pm
Forum: Hospital
Topic: MBU Puffer drifting...
Replies: 58
Views: 3146

Re: MBU Puffer drifting...

sevenyearnight wrote:Can you get praziquantel and/or metronidazole? The IP's do need to be treated.
Will head down to the store later and see if they carry any. thanks! Love this forum!!
by scpion
Tue Sep 13, 2011 9:07 pm
Forum: Hospital
Topic: MBU Puffer drifting...
Replies: 58
Views: 3146

Re: MBU Puffer drifting...

Hmm... I was just following the in instruction for the dewormer. set temp to 30 to 32 degrees celcius.. I will be doing 70% again immediately to remove the med and lower the temp as water from my tap is abt 28 degree. So I guess the epsom salt is fine then? I understand 30 degree is quite high so I ...
by scpion
Tue Sep 13, 2011 1:59 pm
Forum: Hospital
Topic: MBU Puffer drifting...
Replies: 58
Views: 3146

MBU Puffer drifting...

Hi, hope that someone can help me.. I have a 7in MBU puffer for ard 3 months now. It was about 5in then. As this fish is super rare from where I am from, there was not much advise from the store owner either.. I bought it on impulse.. Then I went back and did some research and to my horror then I kn...
by scpion
Wed Sep 15, 2010 8:06 am
Forum: Hospital
Topic: Anyone know whats wrong?
Replies: 18
Views: 1549

Re: Anyone know whats wrong?

Strangely, it seems to miss the company of its friend.. They used to follow each other around.. wherever one goes, the other will follow..

Now, most of the time its just hiding in its cave.. Other than that, no other abnormalties, strange growth or anything..
by scpion
Mon Sep 13, 2010 2:04 pm
Forum: Hospital
Topic: Anyone know whats wrong?
Replies: 18
Views: 1549

Re: Anyone know whats wrong?

Alright. will be getting the marine salt tmr...

After some reading and comments here, it does seems more likely that what I have is a sort of GSP and not Saba... hmm..
by scpion
Mon Sep 13, 2010 1:14 pm
Forum: Hospital
Topic: Anyone know whats wrong?
Replies: 18
Views: 1549

Re: Anyone know whats wrong?

To be frank, I am not too sure which family of puffer it belongs to... I got these pair in a tank labelled as GSPs.. but the markings on these 2 are distinctively different from the rest of them. So I tried to do some research on google and finalised that this may be a Saba.. As purplecandle had sai...
by scpion
Mon Sep 13, 2010 4:42 am
Forum: Hospital
Topic: Anyone know whats wrong?
Replies: 18
Views: 1549

Re: Anyone know whats wrong?

Update:

Things took a turn for a worse this morning... Its was breathing heavily and kept drifting to the surface and filter inlet..

Its whole body was almost covered with deep open sores and more blisters..

Cant bare to see it suffering anymore, I regret to say I have to put it down myself.
by scpion
Sun Sep 12, 2010 12:31 am
Forum: Hospital
Topic: Anyone know whats wrong?
Replies: 18
Views: 1549

Re: Anyone know whats wrong?

Thanks for the reply, will try low brackish to see if it eats a bit.. this morning more of the lumps are starting to blister.. there are white spots on the body too. look alot like ich, but the grains looked bigger... What were u using to treat the IP? I will be trying out the pimafix to see if it h...
by scpion
Sat Sep 11, 2010 1:47 pm
Forum: Hospital
Topic: Anyone know whats wrong?
Replies: 18
Views: 1549

Re: Anyone know whats wrong?

This is a pic the illness... Thanks for the helps n replys!
by scpion
Sat Sep 11, 2010 11:18 am
Forum: Hospital
Topic: Anyone know whats wrong?
Replies: 18
Views: 1549

Anyone know whats wrong?

Hi, I have a pair of 5" Tetraodon Sabahensis for about 2yrs. Got them when they were abt 3". have been keeping them in FW in a 55gallon ever since. About 2 weeks back, I notice one of them there was a small little lump under the skin (abt 2mm in diameter) above its right fin. Didn't think ...