Hiiii!!! Thank you!!!!! Yeah....I think too the problem is freshwater...because He seems "switched off". I'm really angry with the shop..because I have had the puffer from a friend...and the dealer told him that this fish was a freshwater fish...So I have to keep off the other "tenants" to change water. At the begin..I had Pangio and Corydoras....One pangio is died because the puffer is a killer!!! I have bought salt and Hydrometer....but I have to keep out my beloved corydoras!! I hope it's not Ich....Myaj wrote:If it is the ich parasite, the salt will take care of that, but yes, you need to find a new home for the corydoras. The problem is if this is ich, the corydoras have been exposed to it and you could give it to whoever you give the corydoras to, so it might be best to put them in a temporary home for a while by themselves to see if they break out in it.
He looks healthy but not quite healthy, as you said.. his color is off and his eyes look a little too big for his body, but he's nice and fat. I think the salt will help, these guys don't like freshwater, they are happier with salt.
Let us know how he does, and welcome to the forum! Your english is very good too
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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: What is!?
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Re: What is!?
Its very common for stores to sell these guys as freshwater. That or just the opposite, they tell people ALL puffers are brackish, when many types of them really are freshwater.
Does he pick on your corydoras?
Does he pick on your corydoras?
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ELISA80
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Re: What is!?
It's strange....because the Corydoras is very happy with puffer...and the puffer doesn't pick it. Sometimes they swim together...I think it's possible just because the corydoras is more bigger than puffer.... may be The pangio (my beloved pangio....survived just for ONE night with puffer) seems a good food!!Myaj wrote:Its very common for stores to sell these guys as freshwater. That or just the opposite, they tell people ALL puffers are brackish, when many types of them really are freshwater.
Does he pick on your corydoras?
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ELISA80
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Myaj wrote:Its very common for stores to sell these guys as freshwater. That or just the opposite, they tell people ALL puffers are brackish, when many types of them really are freshwater.
Does he pick on your corydoras?
The dealer....told him too that puffer eats dried food!!!!!!!
my puffer scorns it.. 
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Re: What is!?
Definately DO NOT add salt with the corys, unless you are just adding enough to treat Ich. They will not like brackish water at all.
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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