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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.

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I did something stupid. Thus the hall of shame thread....

I was cleaning out my DPs tank and put some of the shrimp in my F8s tank. Big deal. I then, however, moved my two ottos over. :shock: :( :paranoid: :sorry: The F8 that is always right on ANYthing I put in the tank, saw the otto moving crazily as they do, and took a big bite out of his side by his tail. :crying2:

The tank parameters are ... well I will have to test them, but I don't know that it matters too much. I just changed the tank water by 80% two days ago and the otto has been in the DPs tank- except those few minutes.

Does he need pima or melafix?

Running and hiding under the table now....
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Can you see flesh? Primafix will help. Poor oto!
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I surely, must be top in the "Hall of Shame". Did you see my Puffies overgrown teeth? :redface:
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Actually, I did see your pix. His teeth looked skinny!

Yes, I can see red flesh. The F8 got him good. I had both melafix and pimafix but don't now. I will have to get new. I wish I even had just straight teatree oil.
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Yes. They were huge!

Have you ever red about Schismy007's congo wound? It may not look bad but can be alot worse than it looks.
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As a side note, I hope the F8 will be okay. Ottos are spiney and well.... fish!
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Here is a better picture of his teeth!
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AHHH! Vampire puffer!
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As long as he didn't get into its spines you puffer'll be fine. They've got tough teeth.
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Are those his two front teeth but just really skinny? I'm confused.
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mrgreen wrote:Are those his two front teeth but just really skinny? I'm confused.
They are his front teeth, but they weren't skinny - just appears that way in photos. They were the same length across the front, but for some reason they do look like 2 skinny pickle stabbers!
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bigfatfish wrote:
mrgreen wrote:Are those his two front teeth but just really skinny? I'm confused.
They are his front teeth, but they weren't skinny - just appears that way in photos. They were the same length across the front, but for some reason they do look like 2 skinny pickle stabbers!
So the teeth fill his whole mouth, then?
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Only around the sides, same as "normal teeth" just long! He is much better now tho!
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Oh good. :)

I can barely see the F8s' teeth and I can't see the DP's teeth at all.
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I win the Hall of Shame then I think!
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