Sick green spotted puffer.

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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)

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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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Sunflowerkitten
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Sick green spotted puffer.

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So I have 4 gsp is a 60 gallon tank. I know that the tank is not big enough for 4 of them, but they are quite small and docile now, they will be upgraded within the next 6 months as I am setting up a 150 for them. I have a lot of driftwood, plants, and some dead coral to break up the tank. Any way he has been sickly looking since I've gotten them. The others are healthy with white round bellies....He however has kept a dark belly and is thin. I have dosed with general cute for parasites but it has not helped. All water parameters are good and salinity is at 1.004. I have been raising it slowly over the few weeks I have had them. I feed them snails a couple of days a week but they also eat frozen bloodworms, clams, brine shrimp, and krill. I just don't know what to do for him. Any recommendations are appreciated.
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Re: Sick green spotted puffer.

Post by Pufferpunk »

Dosing the tank will not help your fish, unless they are external. You MUST treat the puffer's food, to combat internal parasites: library/hospital/internal-parasites-pre ... treatment/
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: Sick green spotted puffer.

Post by Seaponygirl »

As a saltwater keeper, I question dead corals th plants and wood. As the coral slowly breaks down it will alter the ph of the water. It is also a threat to skin damage as coral is very sharp. This only applies to general water quality not your puffers illness.
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