GSP ill/hurt

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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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jlbyin
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GSP ill/hurt

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Hi, my GSP has a white ring on her back, I'm just a bit worried, does anyone know if it's a bite scarring, ich, or fungus? (pic attached) And if any of the above how I might go about helping my little GSP. Thanks so much!
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[welcome]
How long have you had this puffer? Are there other puffers with it? Looks like a pufferbite.
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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I was thinking the exact same thing!
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Okay surprisingly that's what I was hoping for, I got her very recently, she does have two tank mates but she seems okay with all of them and I was thinking that perhaps she got the bite in the tank from the store and perhaps the scarring only showed up now... One of my other GSPs she really likes and they are very good together, the other one is a bit more of an outsider but doesn't cause any trouble. Is there anything I can do to help it heal faster? Thanks so much for your help!
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Punkster, the 4" red T miurus
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2 T biocellatus
C valentini
C coranata
C papuan
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You can add Melafix to help with healing. How large is the tank & how many puffers are in there?
Is the tank heavily decorated, with lots of broken lines of sight?
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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