T schoudenti bite, and wont let go of the other
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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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Bong,JamesBong
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T schoudenti bite, and wont let go of the other
I have 3 t schoudenti in my tank, the smaller one has bit one of the larger ones and wont let go! They've been like like this for hours now. I tried separating them with a net, but they start to puff up and I don't want to make it worse. I don't know if I should leave them alone or what. They've been in this tank together for 6 months now, they seemed happy and are well fed, they love krill and ofc snails. Please help. Thanks in advance
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astrid37
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Re: T schoudenti bite, and wont let go of the other
Is the one puffer latched on to the other puffer's belly? If so, they are mating. Nothing is wrong. DO NOT DISTURB THEM. DO NOT TRY TO SEPARATE THEM.
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Bong,JamesBong
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Re: T schoudenti bite, and wont let go of the other
Yes it was. I didnt think they were mating, only because it was just biting it, and it didnt seem like it was doing anything else. This was from morning, and it was still holding on when the lights went out.
Unfortunately, I did try to take them apart with a net not knowing what was going on. Even then, It still wouldn't let go. Hopefully I didnt ruin the chance of having puffer babies. I wasn't even trying to breed them either. But I have another tank ready for the babies just in case.
Thanks for the help, I was stressing out when I seen them this morning. I got kinda attached to them, they are definitely my favorite fish out of all the ones I have kept. I gotta do some reading on their breeding behavior now.
Unfortunately, I did try to take them apart with a net not knowing what was going on. Even then, It still wouldn't let go. Hopefully I didnt ruin the chance of having puffer babies. I wasn't even trying to breed them either. But I have another tank ready for the babies just in case.
Thanks for the help, I was stressing out when I seen them this morning. I got kinda attached to them, they are definitely my favorite fish out of all the ones I have kept. I gotta do some reading on their breeding behavior now.
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Bong,JamesBong
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Re: T schoudenti bite, and wont let go of the other
This is what they looked like all day.
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Re: T schoudenti bite, and wont let go of the other
Lovely decorated tank but I do not see broken lines of sight here.
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!"
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Bong,JamesBong
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Re: T schoudenti bite, and wont let go of the other
The more aquascaped looking tank I posted earlier was before I got these guys. I've since let it overgrow a lot more to help provide that.
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Pufferpunk
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Re: T schoudenti bite, and wont let go of the other
OK, much better!
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!"
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Bong,JamesBong
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Re: T schoudenti bite, and wont let go of the other
Thank you guys for the help, I appreciate it.