Please help

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Since this board has been up, we have found there are several questions that routinely get asked in order to help diagnose problems. If you can have that information to begin with in your post, we'll be able to help right away (if we can!) without having to wait for you to post the info we need.

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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Please help

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I recently, 3 weeks, bought my dream fish a New Guinea puffer, that is still in quarantine. When he came he was doing very well. In the last week he has really gone down hill. He is listless, not eating and getting very skinny. His coloring is pale and mottled. There is stringy mucousy substance on him.

I have tried 1 freshwater dip today and started cupramine yesterday.

Tank parameters are:
salinity=1.025
Ammonia, nitrite and nitrate=0 (just changed water today)

Tank is a 40g breeder, with a HOB and a sponge filter. It has been up and going for about 2-3 months with media and sponge that I always keep in my DT sump.
Photos to come. I have been trying to attach photos but I can't remember how.
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Re: Please help

Post by Pufferpunk »

Do NOT stress this poor thing out by throwing toxic meds at him & putting him into FW!!! Do you actually see parasites on him? Stringy mucous may just be a reaction to stress & he's sloughing off his slime coat.

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Post by miaB »

Thank you for the reply I will do a water change, now. I was doing what I was told on another forum.

I have bad eyes. My wife said there were white "things" hanging off of him.

What can I do to help him. Photos to come after the water change.
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Punkster, the 4" red T miurus
Mongo, the 4" A modestus
2 T biocellatus
C valentini
C coranata
C papuan
Also kept:
lorteti
DPs
suvattii
burrfish
T niphobles
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Post by Pufferpunk »

Has he eaten at all? I'd add Jungle Parasite Clear to the water, in case he has IPs.
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Green spot that is full marine
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Location: Huntington Beach, CA

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No he is not eating at all. I will get jungle parasite clear today after work.

I am extremely embarrassed but I can not figure out how to link photobucket picture with the forum. I am so sorry.
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I am writing this post with tears in my eyes!! He has passed away. I am extremely sad. I know feel like I killed him trying to help him. I am so sorry Frank.
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2 T biocellatus
C valentini
C coranata
C papuan
Also kept:
lorteti
DPs
suvattii
burrfish
T niphobles
Location (country): USA, Greenville, SC
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Re: Please help

Post by Pufferpunk »

My guess is he came to you with untreated IPs. so sorry for your loss.. I'd go speak with the LFS.
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