Punkster's Dead!
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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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Mareva
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Re: Punkster's Dead!
So sorry to hear about your loss PP...
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NoFace
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Re: Punkster's Dead!
I feel really bad for you, i know how you feel about having all those tanks running, i have about 7 of my own running and our lasses 2 on top of that lol, its hard work. I had my pignose's sat in a tank with not much init untill last 2 weeks I sorted them out with there new tank, next one I have to sort out is my cutcutia, shes sat in a bare tank almost, doing her tank up after xmas i think. before i got here i had a breeding pair of cutcutia that i got fry off, i lost the female then the male and then lost the fry and after that I had one of those weeks where I was like... right thats it I am giving up fishkeeping. some times i think you just need to take a step back, i will be looking for a male cutcutia again soon. Focus on your other tanks then maybe get another puffer 
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Fahaka named Link.
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5 x Abei puffers
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1 x Congo Puffer (red) HellBoy.
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2 x Suvattii's. + 1 baby Suvattii
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Pufferpunk
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Re: Punkster's Dead!
Thanks, I do think I'll be closing that tank down for now.
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: Punkster's Dead!
i am really sorry about your loss pufferpunk she was a beautiful puffer, i got so sad after reading all the posts..i hope you're feeling a little better
she was a beautiful puffer, i got so sad after reading all the posts..i hope you're feeling a little better-
Pufferpunk
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Re: Punkster's Dead!
I was, until I saw Hellboy... He's so purdy!
He's so purdy!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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Jase
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Re: Punkster's Dead!
Don't be sad PP. I feel that way when I see almost all puffers I don't have...yet.
I'll have a salty tank soon though and that will change.
I'll have a salty tank soon though and that will change.
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edmlfc1 wrote:A house without a puffer is not a home.
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NoFace
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Re: Punkster's Dead!
I feel so bad I never saw your post, if I had i would not have posted photos.
I never saw your post, if I had i would not have posted photos.________________
Fahaka named Link.
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5 x Abei puffers
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1 x Congo Puffer (red) HellBoy.
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2 x Suvattii's. + 1 baby Suvattii
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Fahaka named Link.
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5 x Abei puffers
________________
1 x Congo Puffer (red) HellBoy.
________________
2 x Suvattii's. + 1 baby Suvattii
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xspainx69
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Re: Punkster's Dead!
I am deeply sorry for your loss.
"It is better to live one day as a lion than a thousand years as a sheep" Benito Mussolini
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Pufferpunk
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Re: Punkster's Dead!
Don't feel bad, I can live thru Hellboy' tales now!NoFace wrote:I feel so bad
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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groovitudedude
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Re: Punkster's Dead!
Man, sorry PP, I feel bad Losing a puffer is just different than losing, say, a danio or something. They always have such character and vibrance that no other fish has (to me at least) has. Sorry...
Losing a puffer is just different than losing, say, a danio or something. They always have such character and vibrance that no other fish has (to me at least) has. Sorry...