Palembang/humpback puffer has large white spots

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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.
Julievanam
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Re: Palembang/humpback puffer has large white spots

Post by Julievanam »

With all due respect, we will be continuing how we currently feed our fish. They have a well balanced diet between feeder fish, ghost shrimp, brine shrimp, blackworms some frozen pellet and flake foods. I understand your point of view, and I am well aware that some people see it as cruel to feed live as well as potentially hazardous to the tanks ecosystem if a bacterial/fungal infection is introduced via feeders. I can tell you have a great deal of experience in fish keeping in general and I greatly appreciate your advice and knowledge. However from my own point of view and research, feeding a mix of live seems to be best overall in our current tank. The fish are able to follow through with their predatory instincts, as well as seemingly enjoy themselves. It's similar to the argument of feeding dogs raw vs. kibble. There will always be pros and cons to each option.
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