WHITE SPOTS, I have looked closely and they are smaller than the sand i use (so dont think it's sand stuck on him) and it is also around his eyes and he appears to be breathing very heavily. Now I haven't got a hospital tank set up what do you think if I remove my live rock (I have a mixture of live and ocean rock in my tank) into a bucket with water from my tank and leave fallow, and then reduce my salinity in my tank to do the hypo salinity root, how quickly do i take the salinity down etc? If you have read my thread on the marine puffer section you will know this is a puffer I only bought a week ago as a dog face and has turned out to be a stars and stripes, which i was unsure if I would be keeping or not, I managed to get him a new home with the national marine aquarium but not sure they will take him in this state, (what does a nervous breakdown feel like??) Any help would be greatly appreciated.
45 uk gallon tank
temp 24C
salinity 1-021
PH 8
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 20 (went up when I added him)
Phosphate 0.03
Sorry dont do anymore tests
Last water change was done Monday 8th Sept
3 Chromis
1 Convict Blenny
and my little S&S Puff are all the guests I have
27kg of rock a mixture of live and ocean
rena xp2 filter with carbon, rowa phos, and filter sponge(Need to get rid of i've since learnt)
V2 UV
mce deltec skimmer
seio power head
& another power head which name escapes me at moment
Tank been set up since end of May.
This is all the info I can give you at moment, apart from he is still eating but not buzzing like he was.
Come home to find my puff covered in
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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.
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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Re: Come home to find my puff covered in
Just follow the article in our Library for best results. You can save this puffer. You will need a heater & a small powerhead on the rock in the bucket & keep an eye on the parameters, to be sure it isn't dying in there. What about your sand?
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!"
Re: Come home to find my puff covered in
will get as much sand as i can out along with live rock,(forgot about that in my panic) read the article and will get cracking.