sick puffer....help

[daffydase]

blue spotted puffer,
5 inchs long,
off food today, looks very pale, looks like has patchs of fine cotton wool on his body

tank mates
1 cleaner shrimp
1 dartfish
5 red clawed hermits
5 turbo sanils
all feeding acting looking fine

ph 8.4
salt 1.020
temp 26
ammonia 0
nitrite 0
nitrate 10ppm

tank fluval roma 125
with live rock, ehiem external filter, deltec mce300 skimmer, argaalive sand, 2 powerheads, some green mushrooms,

water change done 15litres last week pre mixed from lfs as always

eating brineshrimp and garlic for 3 days refused cockles, today nothing!!!!
he i a 2nd hand fish not the best was in an abused aggressive tank, has scars from being bitten before, he was handed in at lfs made better and i got him for my tank, felt sorry for him.

ca you help please

[daffydase]

any ideas or help

[J-P]

I have a feeling it is going to be a fungus, but what kind.. no idea.. sorry.

[daffydase]

are they contagious, fatal, do i need to treat or will he fight it off

[Flutter]

Please stop posting again so soon after your original post unless you have something new to add. You have to understand that we all have lives away from our keyboards and bumping your post won't get you an answer any time sooner. I know how worried you are though

From what you describe it could be either a bacterial or fungal infection. Do you have marine Melafix and Pimafix around? If so I would add it while waiting to hear from others. Unfortunately I don't know what medicine you should use, this is a weak area of mine Hang in there, do what you can to reduce stress, and work on ways that you can improve it's diet in the future.

[daffydase]

bumping? unsure what u mean? i was told to move this to this section, and only reposted as i was responding to the previous answer, as i am to yours, no only med i have is reef safe exodin, that i used for white spot for my tang in my reef tank. should i add this?

[Flutter]

You did the right thing by making a new post in the hospital section That was a good thing to do I mean that after you make the original post please don't post again asking if people have any ideas. Especially only 20 minutes later, we'll respond as soon as we see it

I don't know what that medication is or does. I did a quick search and it looked like it was more for parasites. Do you know what drug(s) is in it?

Here is the article about feeding. I copied the link for another thread and thought I would add it here too as once your puffer is eating it is important to feed them well so they stay that way
library/feeding/feeding-your-puffers/

[daffydase]

It was sold as reefsafe for whitespot, it worked for that but doesn't say on bottle or what it contains, I will try and feed him
Now again, he was decorating brineshrimp before so I will try that now, as he shows no interest in cockles,

[daffydase]

No I have fed and he shows no interest, tge dart and shrimp are feeding but he hasn't moved!! Just hiding behind tge rock, OH...... he did earlier twice do a loop the loop and once rubbed his side on the rocks

[J-P]

white spot = ich and that is a parasite.. that is what the bottle you have is for. Does it look like he is covered in"salt" little white speck? or is it cottony and fluffy like you mentioned earlier?

Another thing, which is a symptom is an excessive slime coat.

[daffydase]

Yes a cottony White coat, yeah he has some
Sand stuck on him from Sitting around, and after close inspection
No White dots on his body but a cupola in his fins, is this ich? Does exodus
Treat this? Is it contagious or fatal?

[daffydase]

He also seems to be going very pale, almost White on the back and is now on a wonk!! This is the 2nd puffer from the same lfs to be on deaths door, I had my water tested by them
And all was very food they said it's probably better than there's, very true as the fish from
This lfs all die but the main lfs I use for my reef fish and coral are all very happy and healthy but don't stock puffers, I am going to take him back if he is alive 2noro but looking at him
I fought it!!! Puffers are my beat fish and it's proving so hard to get healthy ones!!!! I need a new lfs!!!

[J-P]

exodus <== who makes that med? I can't find it.

When the LFS says your parameters are "fine" ask them the hard numbers. The actual readings in numbers.

Ich is contagious, and fatal, but it doesn't sound like that.

In the UK you'd be looking at: Interpet #8 Anti Fungus & Finrot, that is if it is a fungus.

[daffydase]

exodus <== who makes that med? I can't find it.

When the LFS says your parameters are "fine" ask them the hard numbers. The actual readings in numbers.

Ich is contagious, and fatal, but it doesn't sound like that.

In the UK you'd be looking at: Interpet #8 Anti Fungus & Finrot, that is if it is a fungus.

he has gone SOOO pale, from his eyes back he is almost white, wh make no attempt to eat or even edade capture, i could scoop him out with my hands, i think he is going to go over night, its exodin not exodus. it doesnt say a maker on the bottle.

[J-P]

http://www.aqua-medic.com/exodin.shtml

it kills parasites. If this was Ich then you could use it.