Amazon puffer weird growth on skin (w/ pics)
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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.
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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.
Amazon puffer weird growth on skin (w/ pics)
Hi all I just noticed a weird growth on my puffer... He was still eating yesterday but not today.. and he seems much less active now... Anyone knows what that growth is? Is there anything that I can do for him?
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Black Widow
Re: Amazon puffer weird growth on skin (w/ pics)
Pics are not clear enuf, can you get a closer pic of the growth?
Re: Amazon puffer weird growth on skin (w/ pics)
It's really hard to take some really clear pics.. I hope this one does the job..
I also noticed today that teh surface of his skin looks very rough...
He's not moving the fin on the side that has the growth... Is there anything that I can do for him?
I also noticed today that teh surface of his skin looks very rough...
He's not moving the fin on the side that has the growth... Is there anything that I can do for him?
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Re: Amazon puffer weird growth on skin (w/ pics)
He looks quite ill... Please answer ALL the Qs above, in red.
Add Melafix & an airstone for now.
Please answer ALL the Qs above, in red. Add Melafix & an airstone for now.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
Re: Amazon puffer weird growth on skin (w/ pics)
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.
PH: 6
Ammonia: 0
Nitrate: 5-10
Nitrite: 0
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.
Tank size is 22 gal long. 3 Amazon puffers and a red eye irrubesco.
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)
Fed once a day w/ bloodworms. Used prime and metricide.
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.
No changes that I can think of.
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.
Tank is setup for about a month. It's a downgrade from a 33 long. The 33 long was up for at least a year.
I just added melafix to the tank and added a powerhead.
Any help will be appreciated.. Thanks in advance.. Really don't wanna lose him
PH: 6
Ammonia: 0
Nitrate: 5-10
Nitrite: 0
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.
Tank size is 22 gal long. 3 Amazon puffers and a red eye irrubesco.
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)
Fed once a day w/ bloodworms. Used prime and metricide.
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.
No changes that I can think of.
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.
Tank is setup for about a month. It's a downgrade from a 33 long. The 33 long was up for at least a year.
I just added melafix to the tank and added a powerhead.
Any help will be appreciated.. Thanks in advance.. Really don't wanna lose him
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Re: Amazon puffer weird growth on skin (w/ pics)
you gotta get yourself a bigger tank, also your ph is quite low, your going to need to do something about that as well..
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Re: Amazon puffer weird growth on skin (w/ pics)
I agree--your tank is way overstocked. Although Amazon puffers can handle a low pH, I've got to wonder why yours is about the pH or urine. What's the pH of your tap water? Water change schedule?
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
Re: Amazon puffer weird growth on skin (w/ pics)
Thanks for the help. He passed away this morning.
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Re: Amazon puffer weird growth on skin (w/ pics)
sorry for the loss, but you still need to upgrade that tank to at least a 50 gallon
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Re: Amazon puffer weird growth on skin (w/ pics)
What is the KH of your tap water?
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JenJen19720
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Re: Amazon puffer weird growth on skin (w/ pics)
Just curious, did any of you have any idea what could have been wrong with her puff?