I think my puffer has an air bubble and needs some help
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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.
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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I think my puffer has an air bubble and needs some help
Hi- I came home today and my puffer is floating at the top of my tank! It looks like an air bubble so i tried to "burp" him but this did nothing but stress the heck out of him. any ideas?
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Re: I think my puffer has an air bubble and needs some help
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
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Re: I think my puffer has an air bubble and needs some help
i tried that... do i just keep tryin and trying? My LFS said to trap him in a container and put him on the bottom of my tank.
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Re: I think my puffer has an air bubble and needs some help
has anyone successfully dealt with this situation?
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Re: I think my puffer has an air bubble and needs some help
ok i tried again... much longer and agresively this time... I will not do it again cuz i know i scared the crap outta him. hes gonna hate me forever if he lives. It still didnt work. Anyone????????
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Re: I think my puffer has an air bubble and needs some help
Where are you in Chgo?
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!"
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Re: I think my puffer has an air bubble and needs some help
something worked... he's fine now. I tried to burp him 3 diff times and that didnt do it so i put him in a container in the bottom of my tank last night with some mysis in there as my LFS told me too. Came home from work today and he was fine. LFS says that eating and being at the bottom of tank where there is more pressure for the air to work its way out is the key. I dont pretend to know but Im very happy! Please pass this on to anyone who has to deal with this situation.
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Re: I think my puffer has an air bubble and needs some help
Thats awesome! He may have simply had gas/constipation but im no expert. Was there any poop or bubbles in the container that had not been there before? He may have simply passed whatever was affecting him.
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Re: I think my puffer has an air bubble and needs some help
Unless I missed it somewhere, what kind of puffer is he? Just curious.
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Re: I think my puffer has an air bubble and needs some help
That reminds me of that one Dr.Doolittle movie where the rat was dying but then he just farted
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Re: I think my puffer has an air bubble and needs some help
no poop... Happy to see me too. Thought he'd hate me forever
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Re: I think my puffer has an air bubble and needs some help
He's a mappasgtmyers88 wrote:Unless I missed it somewhere, what kind of puffer is he? Just curious.
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Re: I think my puffer has an air bubble and needs some help
Thats funny but can you imagine the pain that poor guy was in... And I was massaging his stomach to make it hurt moredefool89 wrote:That reminds me of that one Dr.Doolittle movie where the rat was dying but then he just farted
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Re: I think my puffer has an air bubble and needs some help
Cool can we see some pix/vids of him please?las wrote:He's a mappasgtmyers88 wrote:Unless I missed it somewhere, what kind of puffer is he? Just curious.
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Re: I think my puffer has an air bubble and needs some help
Thankfully one task I have never, yet, had to do to one of my puffers..Good to hear that yours is making a recovery.las wrote:Thats funny but can you imagine the pain that poor guy was in... And I was massaging his stomach to make it hurt moredefool89 wrote:That reminds me of that one Dr.Doolittle movie where the rat was dying but then he just farted
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