my puffers are gone :(
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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.
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.
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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suvattii2012
- Green Spotted Puffer
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Re: my puffers are gone :(
Price them for five times the cost at least, i would be fuming.
Arrowhead
Re: my puffers are gone :(
So apartment complex wants the carpet replaced and the company is paying for that to be done they came out today for an estimate. They also wound up cutting me a check for all of it and i am kinda shocked because I had roughly $200 invested with the tank and then the puffers were about $7 each at the LFS and i was shocked when the guy just cut me a check for $450. He has some concept that tropical fish like that are not easy to come by and wanted to cover extra in case i had to order them to be shipped. Guess the owner isn't a total moron unlike his employees.
really sucks still, however I wasn't expecting that much money so i know what i'll do with it. Put it into another tank since i already have everything for the 55gal.
I do like the advice about doing a GSP in the 55gal by himself/herself and then keep up with reading up on saltwater and i'll eventually make it into full marine in 6-8 months. I do miss my F8's though
really sucks still, however I wasn't expecting that much money so i know what i'll do with it. Put it into another tank since i already have everything for the 55gal.
I do like the advice about doing a GSP in the 55gal by himself/herself and then keep up with reading up on saltwater and i'll eventually make it into full marine in 6-8 months. I do miss my F8's though
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RVS
- Green Spotted Puffer
- Posts: 374
- Joined: Fri Aug 26, 2011 7:36 pm
- Gender: Male
- My Puffers: Currently:
2 T. Nigroviridis
20 C. Travancoricus.
Also Kept:
M. Abei
Other BF:
A hundred of Brackish P. Velifera & P. sphenops.
Pure Parambassis Ranga. - Location (country): Mexico lindo y querido!
Re: my puffers are gone :(
Guess the owner isn't a total moron unlike his employees.
+1.
Well... there is nothing left to keep moving, lets start with a new tank, and of course we are not going to forget those F8, and can't imagine how it feels but i encourage you to let it be... so, ¿2 tanks? two BW? it is the best decision!
Let there be light, and lit up the days... Let there be puffers, and they swam around the world...
PuffGenesis, 1, 1.
PuffGenesis, 1, 1.
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kcartwright856
- Green Spotted Puffer
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- Joined: Tue Sep 21, 2010 12:17 pm
- Gender: Female
- My Puffers: 2 C. travancoricus (dwarf puffer)
7 Pangio kuhlii
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- Location: Millersburg, PA
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Re: my puffers are gone :(
I'm glad to hear that the owner did the right thing. Gives me a little faith in humanity.
Nothing wrong with having two puffer tanks, though. I plan on starting another for a Figure 8 next year.
Nothing wrong with having two puffer tanks, though. I plan on starting another for a Figure 8 next year.
Re: my puffers are gone :(
Yea the 55 gal will be home to a single GSP. Once he gets to full marine im going to try to find a tank mate or 2. Found a good person on craigslist for live rock and live sand. Just gotta wait the 2weeks to get the tank up and running (live rock for when i go to full marine).
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bertie 83
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Danios, Tetras, Redtail Rasporas,
Harlequins, CAE's, Yoyo
Loaches, Clown loaches ,Eels, various shrimp, tangs,wrasses, damsels, chromis - Location (country): Brighton, England
- Location: brighton , england
Re: my puffers are gone :(
Glad you got a little compo, the owner obviously cares which is great.
It's amazing how easy maintenance is. If done regularly and thoroughly
Re: my puffers are gone :(
I just read this thread, and I'm just shocked right now... how devastating!! I'm so so sorry for your loss! It's good to hear that the company went above and beyond for you, even though it is just a small consolation. We get so attached to our fish friends!! I hope everything works out with your new gsp adventure.. they really are great fish!