Deceased F8

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1) Your water parameters - pH, Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrates and salinity (if appropriate). This is by far the most important information you can provide! Do not answer this with "Fine" "Perfect" "ok", that tells us nothing. We need hard numbers.

2) Tank size and a list of ALL inhabitants. Include algae eaters, plecos, everything. We need to know what you have and how big the tank is.

3) Feeding, water change schedule and a list of all products you are using or have added to the tank (examples: Cycle, Amquel, salt, etc)

4) What changes you've made in the tank in the last week or so. Sometimes its the little things that make all the difference.

5) How long the aquarium has been set up, and how did you cycle it? If you don't know what cycling is read this: Fishless Cycling Article and familiarize yourself with all the information. Yes. All of it.

We want to help, and providing this information will go a LONG way to getting a diagnosis and hopeful cure that much faster.

While you wait for assistance:
One of the easiest and best ways to help your fish feel better is clean water! If you are already on a regular water change schedule (50% weekly is recommended) a good step to making your fish more comfortable while waiting for diagnosis/suggestions is to do a large water change immediately. Feel free to repeat daily or as often as you can, clean water is always a good thing! Use of Amquel or Prime as a dechlor may help with any ammonia or nitrite issues, and is highly recommended.

Note - if you do not normally do large water changes, doing a sudden, large water change could shock your fish by suddenly changing their established water chemistry. Clean water is still your first goal, so in this case, do several smaller (10%) water changes over the next day or two before starting any large ones.
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Deceased F8

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1) Your water parameters - pH, Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrates and salinity (if appropriate).
pH - 8.2
Ammonia - 0
Nitrite - 0
Nitrate - 5

2) Tank size and a list of ALL inhabitants.
10 gallons
1 - 1.5" Figure Eight Puffer

3) Feeding, water change schedule and a list of all products you are using or have added to the tank (examples: Cycle, Amquel, salt, etc)
2 smaller (pea-sized) snails a week
bloodworms in between
75% weekly water changes

4) What changes you've made in the tank in the last week or so. Sometimes its the little things that make all the difference.
Did my water change a day late last week and didn't feed Saturday or Sunday

5) How long the aquarium has been set up, and how did you cycle it?
At least eight months
I cycled fishless with 5ppm of pure ammonia.

6) What were the symptoms/issues?
A week or so ago, I noticed a few spots on my F8 puffer that looked like ich. I continued watching it and it didn't get better, nor worse. She was still eating and behaving as normal when I left to go see my mother in law early Saturday morning. I left the light out on the tank while I was gone and didn't feed. Upon my return late yesterday afternoon, I found her dead, stuck to the pre-filter sponge but the spot I thought was ich is actually a small hole and her sides (by her spine) look drawn in as if she's emaciated which I know she wasn't. What would cause a white hole in a puffer that can ultimately lead to death? She was a rescue but she was doing great and had no issues other than this spot. Input would be appreciated, I'm mourning for my little friend.
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Re: Deceased F8

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:rip: This was the rescue?
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...

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Re: Deceased F8

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Yes.
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