this is the best pic I could get. see that spot on his back.
puffer bitten?
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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.
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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Jase
- Mbu Puffer
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puffer bitten?
This morning Hootey (smaller of my GSPs) has a spot on his back that looks almost like a bite. how do I tell ich from a bite? also I know it'll be suggested I separate them, but I don't have another tank. what should I do about that?
this is the best pic I could get. see that spot on his back.
this is the best pic I could get. see that spot on his back.
-Jase
edmlfc1 wrote:A house without a puffer is not a home.
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SpockthePuffer
- Green Spotted Puffer
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- My Puffers: A wee GSP named Milton
- Location: Connecticut
Re: puffer bitten?
That looks like it is probably is a bite, there is an article in the library on melafix http://www.thepufferforum.com/forum/lib ... l/melafix/ so you should take a look at that
If you can't separate them problems might worsen. Make sure there are a ton of decorations that break the line of sight so there are no open areas and also some places to hide.
If you can't separate them problems might worsen. Make sure there are a ton of decorations that break the line of sight so there are no open areas and also some places to hide.
"How inappropriate to call this planet Earth, when clearly it is Ocean." - Arthur C. Clarke
~Shannon~
10g betta & snail tank, 30g GSP named Milton, 55g sw fowlr
~Shannon~
10g betta & snail tank, 30g GSP named Milton, 55g sw fowlr
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StormySkiez
- Fahaka Puffer
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- My Puffers: 55G 2- 1 3/4 inch GSP's ~Bud AKA Jaws and Puff~
- Location: USA~TN
Re: puffer bitten?
I witnessed my bigger puff bite the smaller puff in the white area on the side. I did not take a picture. The wound had 2 very small holes with a speck of red and a medium white ring around the hole. No blood was flowing. We posted here and was advised to treat with melafix. We did and it healed up fine. Our gsp's are in a 55g tank. This happened at feeding time. Since the bite we have been very careful at feeding time.
Another occasion the smaller gsp had what we thought was another bite on her back (no visable holes just a white looking ring) Look here at the pics: http://www.thepufferforum.com/forum/vie ... 27#p110827
This happened when no one was looking so we have no idea what happened. We treated w/ melafix again and all seems well.
No other signs of biting since. The weird thing is they always sleep together. It is one of the risks when you have multiple fish in the same tank. I would like to take one gsp back to the fish store but my husband does not.
It is hard to tell what the mark is on your puffer. It looks bruised in the picture. It does not look like ich to me. Ich is small white spots covering parts of the fishes body.
Another occasion the smaller gsp had what we thought was another bite on her back (no visable holes just a white looking ring) Look here at the pics: http://www.thepufferforum.com/forum/vie ... 27#p110827
This happened when no one was looking so we have no idea what happened. We treated w/ melafix again and all seems well.
No other signs of biting since. The weird thing is they always sleep together. It is one of the risks when you have multiple fish in the same tank. I would like to take one gsp back to the fish store but my husband does not.
It is hard to tell what the mark is on your puffer. It looks bruised in the picture. It does not look like ich to me. Ich is small white spots covering parts of the fishes body.
55g-2 green spotted puffers 1 year old Nov 08!
20g-5 leopard danio,4 whiteskirt tetras, amanos, nerita snails, 2 neon tetras
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marfisa
- Dwarf Puffer
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- My Puffers: 3 x GSP - Chunkypuff, Mishe Mishe, Lord Puffington (RIP Mr. Fattykins)
0 x F8 - (RIP ttypuff & Bittypuff) - Location: Houston, TX
Re: puffer bitten?
You might look into getting a tank divider at least temporarily. Sometimes they're hard to find because they can also be sold as a rolled up piece of clear plastic in a long thin box. Should be under $10.
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Jase
- Mbu Puffer
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- Joined: Sat Jan 12, 2008 3:13 am
- Gender: Male
- My Puffers: RIP Hootey :(
- Location (country): USA
- Location: Montana
Re: puffer bitten?
I'll go get malefix and look into the separator. thanks guys
-Jase
edmlfc1 wrote:A house without a puffer is not a home.