My tank information:
1. Water Parameters:
pH = 7.5
Ammonia = not sure
Nitrate = not sure
Nitrates = not sure
Salinity = 1.006
2. Tank Info:
Tank size = 2ft x 1ft x 1ft
Fish = 2 x baby figure 8 puffer fish (about 2.5cm), 1 x green spotted puffer fish (about 5cm), 2 x chinese algae eater, some ghost shrimp
Decoration = some plants, drift wood, a decoration item.
3. Environment information:
Feeding = Frozen brine shrimp, live ghost shrimp (but they dun eat)
Water charge schedule = one week once 80% (Including anti-clorin, bacterial, sea salt)
4. Any changes between a week:
Nope.
5. Aquarium info:
How long been setup : 1 month (fishless cycling for 2 week, add in driftwood and fishless for 2 weeks, then add in gsp, then after 3 weeks add in 2 f8p)
Filtering system ; UnderGravel filter with 2 output for waterfall, and bubble inside the aquarium.
I got 2 baby figure 8 puffer last week, at first they are all ok and active and like hungry ghost.
yesterday i found out that one of the figure 8 baby puffer not eating and its eye got slidely cloudy.
but today morning, when i feed them, that puffer still din eat and the cloudy become more serious on its eye...
other puffers doing normal, eat, poo poo, swimming, playing with bubble......
Please give some advice what can i do for my little baby puffer.....
Im newbie in brackish water Aquarium.....
[HELP] Figure 8 puffer fish baby got cloudy eye
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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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Re: [HELP] Figure 8 puffer fish baby got cloudy eye
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How exactly did you fishless cycle this tank without any test kits?
The tank is drastically overstocked. It's under 15 gallons, which really isn't even large enough for a single F8.
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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: [HELP] Figure 8 puffer fish baby got cloudy eye
Please upgrade that tank as soon as possible, giving the F8s at least 25 gallons & the GSP a separate 30 gallon tank. Re-home the freshwater algae eaters. Add Melafix to the water for now, to combat the cloudy eye.
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: [HELP] Figure 8 puffer fish baby got cloudy eye
+1 to the above, you have massive compatibility issues in this tank. Welcome to the forum
It's amazing how easy maintenance is. If done regularly and thoroughly
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Re: [HELP] Figure 8 puffer fish baby got cloudy eye
Another +1 to Pufferpunk's suggestions. Otherwise those fish are doomed.
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