guys my puffer is still alive..
I can t take him out of the water because I love him so much and I want to help him..he is upside down and he is trying and trying to swim but no luck..
I change my water every saturday 40-50% and I clean substrate every day..
I noticed that one of the cleaning fish was attacking him,could that be a reason?
he is like that for 3 day now...the others are fine....
dying puffer
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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.
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We want to help, and providing this information will go a LONG way to getting a diagnosis and hopeful cure that much faster.
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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: dying puffer
Is the cleaning fish a chinese algae eater? If so Id remove it, they get very aggressive and will attack your fish as they grow.
Have you tried to see if he has air inside him? Maybe thats why he is having trouble swimming.
Have you tried to see if he has air inside him? Maybe thats why he is having trouble swimming.
RTR wrote:Fahakas do not have tank mates, they may have swimming food reserves.
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Re: dying puffer
I'm sorry your puffer is having such a rough time 
Can you provide some of the questions in red? He sounds like he is on his last jazz fins, but if there is a chance he can pull through, we are going to need more information to troubleshoot the problem to find a solution.
Can you provide some of the questions in red? He sounds like he is on his last jazz fins, but if there is a chance he can pull through, we are going to need more information to troubleshoot the problem to find a solution.
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dovla935
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Re: dying puffer
this is banjo fish...
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dovla935
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Re: dying puffer
and yes he is a little bigger and rounder than the others but he is like that from the time when I bought him...
this is him 4 days ago...now he is in 10g tank alone...
this is him 4 days ago...now he is in 10g tank alone...
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Re: dying puffer
I think it might be time for Clove Oil.
Funny story about my Banjo catfish. I was out of town for a week & I left Hubby (totally non-aquarium guy), in charge of my tanks. When I came home, he proudly told me he removed a dead fish for me & put it in the freezer. It was my very sedentary Banjo cat... OK, not so funny.
Funny story about my Banjo catfish. I was out of town for a week & I left Hubby (totally non-aquarium guy), in charge of my tanks. When I came home, he proudly told me he removed a dead fish for me & put it in the freezer. It was my very sedentary Banjo cat... OK, not so funny.
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!"
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dovla935
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Re: dying puffer
time for Clove Oil....what that means...?
yeah banjo is a funny fish...I always forgot that I have that fish...he is always buried in the substrate...
yeah banjo is a funny fish...I always forgot that I have that fish...he is always buried in the substrate...
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Re: dying puffer
Clove oil, when overdosed, is an easy, painless way to euthanize a fish. Found in the toothpaste isle of your drug store--used for tooth aches.
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!"
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tarantulaguy1978
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Re: dying puffer
Hello guys.. 
..I just want to say that my puffer is 100% fine..thanks for support..
..I just want to say that my puffer is 100% fine..thanks for support..-
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Re: dying puffer
tarantulaguy1978 wrote:Hello guys..
Are you the original poster? I sure hope so, because if you're not, that's pretty heartless IMO. Your comment should be in your own thread, not that of a passing puff.
5.5g: Pond snails
5.5g: Red Cherry Shrimp and Rams
10g: PZ the Pee Wee (DP), Ghost shrimp, Otos x3
36g: Luau the F8, Zebra nerites x8, sometimes a herd of ghost shrimp for food
60g: Perches the starry blenny, 1 watchman goby Snaps the l.c. hermit, 2 emerald crabs, 1 red crab, 2 turbos, 7 asteas, 2 nerites, 2 clown gobies and 2 firefish gobies (upgrading to a 90 gallon reef)
RIP Yoshi, you are dearly missed <3
5.5g: Red Cherry Shrimp and Rams
10g: PZ the Pee Wee (DP), Ghost shrimp, Otos x3
36g: Luau the F8, Zebra nerites x8, sometimes a herd of ghost shrimp for food
60g: Perches the starry blenny, 1 watchman goby Snaps the l.c. hermit, 2 emerald crabs, 1 red crab, 2 turbos, 7 asteas, 2 nerites, 2 clown gobies and 2 firefish gobies (upgrading to a 90 gallon reef)
RIP Yoshi, you are dearly missed <3
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Re: dying puffer
o yeah sorry guys its me dovla935.I bought tablet pc and change some things..
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Re: dying puffer
How did you get him better? What was the problem? He looked on death's door. ;(
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!"
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Pufferpunk
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Re: dying puffer
How did you get him better? What was the problem? He looked on death's door.
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!"
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Re: dying puffer
Ya.. Its simply a miracle!! Could U share how U manage to get him back into shape? Or the possible cause that U think that could be causing him the misery that time? Honestly.. Everyone thought he is a goner for sure.. Even pp suggested clove oil..
I am not a Troll, I am just pissed..!
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Re: dying puffer
wow looking at those pics , you'd thought his days were numbered .....just goes to show you should never write a fish off
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