worming a new fish
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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.
worming a new fish
my new ceylon puffer doesn't seem interested in eating it's only it's second day in the tank so it's early days but i was wondering if it was worth worming him as a precaution, he's not looking thin and i've not seen him poop ,just wondered if it worth doing now or is it best to wait awhile and let him settle in
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melbell86
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Re: worming a new fish
I know a lot of people on the forums treat all their new fish for internal parasites no matter what, just to be sure. I think its a good idea, because you never know what condition/treatment they had before you got them I worried about the same thing, i have had my puffer for a week now and scrutinized every little thing and decided to treat him just in case and he is happier than ever I used Prazipro to treat my fish, but i know there are other treatments people on the forums recommend. Good luck with your little one!
I worried about the same thing, i have had my puffer for a week now and scrutinized every little thing and decided to treat him just in case and he is happier than ever I used Prazipro to treat my fish, but i know there are other treatments people on the forums recommend. Good luck with your little one!-
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Re: worming a new fish
If he doesn't look thin and his feces is normal looking then it's not necessary at the moment. You could do it of you choose for peace of mind. It's more of a personal choice. I do it only if I think there is an issue with puffers. It won't hurt if you do so whatever you feel most comfortable with.
Hilly
Re: worming a new fish
he doesn't look thin and i haven't seen him poop so can't comment on that, i think ill try and get him eating first and see how it goes , he seems a bit more settled today, yesterday he was going nuts attacking the glass and i had to turn the lights off and leave him