2 Dead One Left :(

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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.

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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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2 Dead One Left :(

Post by Ianb262 »

I am so sad to announce that 2 of my three F8 Puffers have passed away :cry: . One about a week ago and one tonight. I really want to save the only one I have left :cry: .

pH: 7.5
Ammonia: 0.5ppm
Nitrites: 0.0ppm
Nitrates: 20ppm
Salinity: 1.004
55Gal set up since march/april
I just did a 30% WC about two weeks before the first puffers death, there was quite a bit of algae buildup that I removed. The only chemicals I add are Prime to dechlorinate the water and SafeStart to cycle the aquarium.

Thanks for any help,
Ian
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Re: 2 Dead One Left :(

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The presence of ammonia shows that the aquarium is not cycled. Ammonia and nitrite should be 0. Do daily water changes until it is fully cycled.

Do you add safestart after each waterchange?
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Re: 2 Dead One Left :(

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I rechecked all my levels and ammonia seems to have turned bright yellow (0ppm). I do not add SafeStart everytime i change water.
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Re: 2 Dead One Left :(

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Ianb262 wrote:II do not add SafeStart everytime i change water.
You shouldn't need to, either. ;)

So sorry for your loss. How were they swimming/eating?
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: 2 Dead One Left :(

Post by Ianb262 »

My favorite puffer who passed was on the heavier side and looked a little like a blimp but he ate regularily. The other puff was a little bit skinny from the start and I was concerned about him all the time. They both slowed down and stayed towards the bottom a few days before passing :(
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