clamped fin...hovering near surface
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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: clamped fin...hovering near surface
Wormer plus must be special ordered from the UK. Seachem makes a pure metronidazole products you can find in many stores, you can call around.
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Re: clamped fin...hovering near surface
Thanks so much. I found some metronidozole and started using it tonight. Can you recommend a dosage? The container says 1-2 spoonfuls per 10 gallons. I used less than the recommended dosage as I know puffers being scaleless do better with smaller doses but I also read it's difficult to overdose metronidozole. I added 1.5 spoonfuls to my 30 gallon tank. That doesn't sound like enough...but I didn't want to overdue it. Please help me know how much to add.
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Re: clamped fin...hovering near surface
For a 30 gallon, use 4 or 5 spoons. It's not particularly dangerous to puffers, like many common external parasite meds are.
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Re: clamped fin...hovering near surface
If you are treating parasites, I believe you need to use the full dosage, or the bug gets immune to the meds. But as long as they offer 1-2 spoons, go ahead & start with 1.
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Re: clamped fin...hovering near surface
Ok Thanks so much. I hope I didn't mess up already. I won't be able to increase the dose until later tonight.
He's looking pretty bad. just hovering the whole time, I have to keep making sure he's still alive. I hope he starts eating soon. I'm going to get s syringe soon so I can inject his food.
He's looking pretty bad. just hovering the whole time, I have to keep making sure he's still alive. I hope he starts eating soon. I'm going to get s syringe soon so I can inject his food.
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Re: clamped fin...hovering near surface
I did a %50 water change and added more medicine. The bottle says to repeat every other day until symptoms go away. I think I will do %50 water changes and add 2 spoonfuls with the replacement water. Should I add 4 spoonfuls every other day? What do you recommend?
Also, I think he might have HITH. The spot on his head is really sinking. There is also stuff coming off of it. I tried to get a picture of it. The wound has been changing color, getting cloudy since the medicine. In the pictures it looks open but it still seems to be on the skin but like his skin turned white and is indented. He didn't even try to eat tonight, although I left a worm in his tank and when I came back his belly looked a little bit rounder.
His back bottom fin is also starting to decay. I have a picture of that also. how do I treat this? will the metrnidozole help any?
He seems to want to rest all the time, should I keep the lights out always?
I feel so awful. please help me do everything I can : (
Also, I think he might have HITH. The spot on his head is really sinking. There is also stuff coming off of it. I tried to get a picture of it. The wound has been changing color, getting cloudy since the medicine. In the pictures it looks open but it still seems to be on the skin but like his skin turned white and is indented. He didn't even try to eat tonight, although I left a worm in his tank and when I came back his belly looked a little bit rounder.
His back bottom fin is also starting to decay. I have a picture of that also. how do I treat this? will the metrnidozole help any?
He seems to want to rest all the time, should I keep the lights out always?
I feel so awful. please help me do everything I can : (
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Re: clamped fin...hovering near surface
I injected a worm with some disolved medicine but was unable to get him to eat. He's been floating around aimlessly bumping into things and the hole in his head is deeper and looks worse.
He sort of had a spasm and I watched his pass some very strange white-ish stuff, almost liquid. Very thin and wispy. It looked kind of like milk.
I'm going to do a water change now. I don't know what else I can do.
He sort of had a spasm and I watched his pass some very strange white-ish stuff, almost liquid. Very thin and wispy. It looked kind of like milk.
I'm going to do a water change now. I don't know what else I can do.
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Re: clamped fin...hovering near surface
Mookie the green spotted puffer died this morning. Although his life was short, he brought so much life to my apartment and happiness to my life. I will miss him so much.
thank you for your advice and help.
-Emily
thank you for your advice and help.
-Emily
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Re: clamped fin...hovering near surface
Sorry 
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Re: clamped fin...hovering near surface
all i can say is im sorry as well
we get attached to these wee creatures very quickly & easily
and despite all our best efforts, its just not meant to be..
RIP mookie...
we get attached to these wee creatures very quickly & easily
and despite all our best efforts, its just not meant to be..
RIP mookie...
