Fahaka not well
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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: Fahaka not well
Drop an airstone or two in? Mabe she needs more O2 to help digestion?
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Re: Fahaka not well
do you have any melafix/pimafix handy? that wouldn't hurt and would also rule out a skin problem, when my mbu was given to me he was always dark and didn't eat or move alot for a week and a half, but a day after i dosed with Mela/Pima he was bright and hungry, coincidence? i don't think so, any live treats you gave him could have brought a skin disease with it, so give it a try and good luck with that beautiful monster
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Re: Fahaka not well
i would more than agree with the bruce. My fahaka went through a simular stage when he was about 3" I dosed with pimafix and after the treatement he colored back up and started to swim around and be a happy fish again. It definately looks like a skin issue and that could affect overall temperment. IMagine if you broke out in boils over your whole body you probably wouldn't be happy either.
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matt77
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Re: Fahaka not well
I have both so i will try Pimafix as it deals with fungal and bacterial as Melafix only deals with bacterial lets hope this works, if it doesnt we have a good fish vet not to far away so i will call him outThe Bruce wrote:do you have any melafix/pimafix handy? that wouldn't hurt and would also rule out a skin problem, when my mbu was given to me he was always dark and didn't eat or move alot for a week and a half, but a day after i dosed with Mela/Pima he was bright and hungry, coincidence? i don't think so, any live treats you gave him could have brought a skin disease with it, so give it a try and good luck with that beautiful monster
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Re: Fahaka not well
nice to someone so dedicated to their fish. Wishing you both luck, she is very beautiful. 
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Re: Fahaka not well
My guess is you may be overfeeding. Please describe her feeding regimen.
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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Re: Fahaka not well
Hi she gets feed every 2-3 days depending on how much she eats each timePufferpunk wrote:My guess is you may be overfeeding. Please describe her feeding regimen.
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Re: Fahaka not well
How big is he? My 11" fahaka (includes tail) eats 1-2x/week (other than the other fish's worms he steals out of the worm feeder) & never to the belly size your is.
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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Re: Fahaka not well
Abe (my Abei puffer) gets extremely sluggish and lays on the substrate if he's overeaten.
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Re: Fahaka not well
Pufferpunk wrote:How big is he? My 11" fahaka (includes tail) eats 1-2x/week (other than the other fish's worms he steals out of the worm feeder) & never to the belly size your is.
Hi pp she is 15" and about 2 years old, in the wild fahaka eat 2-3% of there body weight a day as this constitutes most of their time hunting for food. Females are larger as a rule and are fully mature at around 18 months and under the right conditions they will spawn. Once they have spawned you can tell male from female quite easily even if you have never seen that puffer before.Anyway getting back two it the problem was she picked up an infection from the feeder shrimp that affected her skin which is now under control.
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Re: Fahaka not well
what did you do to get it under control? Is she fully healed now?
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Re: Fahaka not well
Hi yes she is almost fully healed, she decided to rearrange her tank last night plants all over the place. I treated her with primfix and sabbactisun.t1gerbee wrote:what did you do to get it under control? Is she fully healed now?
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Re: Fahaka not well
found a whole page about sabbactisun, but never said what's in it...
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matt77
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Re: Fahaka not well
Its completely chemical free, Ingredients( aqua, plant extracts) all so have a look at ParazoryneJase wrote:found a whole page about sabbactisun, but never said what's in it...