He was still barely alive so I pulled him out and he went really dark and I noticed some odd discoloration on his face/side. There was no blistering/ulcers/open sores on the body but I snaped a few shots anyhow before I went and finished him off. Please take a look and tell me what you guys think, dose this look like vibrio? My clown seems to be doing fine but I will deff be keeping a close eye on him. If the clown is still fine after several weeks do you think the tank is ok? or am I going to have to scrap the whole tank reguardless? Vibrio on my porcupine?
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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.
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LD50
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Vibrio on my porcupine?
So I found out my puffer was now out of the shadows and caves a little bit because he was about to die. I looked up and there he was just floating around with the current He was still barely alive so I pulled him out and he went really dark and I noticed some odd discoloration on his face/side. There was no blistering/ulcers/open sores on the body but I snaped a few shots anyhow before I went and finished him off. Please take a look and tell me what you guys think, dose this look like vibrio? My clown seems to be doing fine but I will deff be keeping a close eye on him. If the clown is still fine after several weeks do you think the tank is ok? or am I going to have to scrap the whole tank reguardless?
He was still barely alive so I pulled him out and he went really dark and I noticed some odd discoloration on his face/side. There was no blistering/ulcers/open sores on the body but I snaped a few shots anyhow before I went and finished him off. Please take a look and tell me what you guys think, dose this look like vibrio? My clown seems to be doing fine but I will deff be keeping a close eye on him. If the clown is still fine after several weeks do you think the tank is ok? or am I going to have to scrap the whole tank reguardless? "It taste like.......burning" -Ralph Wiggum
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Re: Vibrio on my porcupine?
Yes, that is what it looks like. So sorry for the loss of your cute fellow. I'm not sure where you go from here though but I wouldn't purchase another puffer until you find out. How long was this guy held at the shop?
I'm not sure where you go from here though but I wouldn't purchase another puffer until you find out. How long was this guy held at the shop?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: Vibrio on my porcupine?
I'm not exatly sure how long he was at this store....3-4 days + and he looked fine at the store and a week + in my tank. I suppose all I can really do is observe the clown, do some large WC's and give it time and try again.Pufferpunk wrote:Yes, that is what it looks like. So sorry for the loss of your cute fellow.
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Re: Vibrio on my porcupine?
I am very sorry for your loss. 
I found a link that has some interesting information on Vibrio. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fa036
I found a link that has some interesting information on Vibrio. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fa036
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kalish88
Re: Vibrio on my porcupine?
You can just pick those up at the grocery store... The cheaper stuff is fine... mussels, prawns, all that good stuff... even a bit of white fish wouldn't be a bad idea once in a while, but make sure you give it food with shells often enough to keep its beak worn down.
EDIT: Not only does using feeder fish pose a huge threat of introducing more pathogens to the tank, but Goldfish are hardly nutritious, being composed of amino acids entirely different from those saltwater fish use. Also, fish will do little to keep a Puffer's beak in check.
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EDIT: Not only does using feeder fish pose a huge threat of introducing more pathogens to the tank, but Goldfish are hardly nutritious, being composed of amino acids entirely different from those saltwater fish use. Also, fish will do little to keep a Puffer's beak in check.
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Re: Vibrio on my porcupine?
kalish88 I think you are a bit lost in your posting???????kalish88 wrote:You can just pick those up at the grocery store... The cheaper stuff is fine... mussels, prawns, all that good stuff... even a bit of white fish wouldn't be a bad idea once in a while, but make sure you give it food with shells often enough to keep its beak worn down.
EDIT: Not only does using feeder fish pose a huge threat of introducing more pathogens to the tank, but Goldfish are hardly nutritious, being composed of amino acids entirely different from those saltwater fish use. Also, fish will do little to keep a Puffer's beak in check.
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Re: Vibrio on my porcupine?
That posted has been banned, he's a spammer.
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: Vibrio on my porcupine?
Im tryin to figure out if kalish is spam or not?
RTR wrote:Fahakas do not have tank mates, they may have swimming food reserves.