1) 8.3, 0, 0, 5, FW
2) 180 gallons, 1 fahaka puffer around 2 inches long
3) small meals multiple times a day, Wc 30% weekly. Treated with food soaked in levimasole HCL, a couple days ago and three weeks ago. Added melafix today
4) none
5) fishless cycled around 10 months ago
Looks like my fahaka has a cut/ wound along her body. Shes been very shy, less active and hasnt eaten since I noticed this - which was a coupe hours ago. Its hard to get a good look (or a good picture) but it looks like a cut that does not go too deep, as i cant see any organs or blood, etc, although I imagine puffers have very thick skin especially in their stomach area. Ive added melafix and will do a water change tomorrow... what do you all think?
wounded fahaka
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Read this before posting!!
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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Re: wounded fahaka
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Re: wounded fahaka
Doesn't look bad but how do you think it happened? Sure it's not a heater burn? Yes, they have VERY thick skin. I can attest to that, when trying to do necropsy on them!
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: wounded fahaka
There is no heater in the tank, it's in the sump. There is driftwood in the tank, it.could have been from that. All the rocks in there are pretty rounded.
Best thing to do is keep the water clean? Melafix and pimafix?
Best thing to do is keep the water clean? Melafix and pimafix?
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Re: wounded fahaka
Pimafix is for fungal issues. Driftwood wouldn't do that.
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: wounded fahaka
She did not make it....
I tried to do a necropsy on her, but at 1 3/4" it was hard.
There was no visible wound but part of her ventral area was darker with a red squiggle within it. When I opened her up it was hard to see defined organs. It looked like everything was mush. She could have been dead for over 12 hours....
I did not think to take any pictures and regret it.
I tried to do a necropsy on her, but at 1 3/4" it was hard.
There was no visible wound but part of her ventral area was darker with a red squiggle within it. When I opened her up it was hard to see defined organs. It looked like everything was mush. She could have been dead for over 12 hours....
I did not think to take any pictures and regret it.
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Re: wounded fahaka
sorry to hear that
Never trust big puffers. The fingers you save may be your own. -RTR
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Re: wounded fahaka
Oh gosh...
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"