I've been shocked. Today I came home, and my red spot puffer was lying upside down, with his belly up.
I immideately got him out of the tank in a quarentine aquarium, filled with water of my other aquarium.
His aquarium has the following parameters:
KH: 5
GH: 11
PH: 8
Nitrite: -
Temp: 28 degrees
He's now in an aquarium with a O2 pump, and he directly went to the bubbles and stays there.
I've noticed some tiny little white worms in his aquarium.
Please help, I don't want to lose my little fellow
Help is my puffer dying?????
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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)
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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.
Some call it a product of a mis-spent youth, I call it Rock n Roll ! 
He's located in a 10 gallon aquarium
I have him for about 4 months,. Before he came in the aquarium has run with a shrimp in it for about 3 weeks.
I feed him every other day. He's on a diet with mussles cockels, shrimps and some times some bloodworms.
The water parameters:
KH: 5
GH: 11
PH: 8
Temp: 28
Nitrite:0
There are only some Elodea canadensis (sorry don't know the english name) for the rest all plants are plastic.
The last changes I've made in his aquarium are about a month ago, when I took all the dying life plants out and repllace them for plastic ones
I have him for about 4 months,. Before he came in the aquarium has run with a shrimp in it for about 3 weeks.
I feed him every other day. He's on a diet with mussles cockels, shrimps and some times some bloodworms.
The water parameters:
KH: 5
GH: 11
PH: 8
Temp: 28
Nitrite:0
There are only some Elodea canadensis (sorry don't know the english name) for the rest all plants are plastic.
The last changes I've made in his aquarium are about a month ago, when I took all the dying life plants out and repllace them for plastic ones
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She said:
Frieda, you need to find out what the ammonia & nitrAtes are. Can you bring in a water sample to the aquarium shop? How much water do you change? the fact that the puffer is feeling better in another tank, means there is something wrong with the water in his tank.
But if the puffer has been ok for the past 4 monthe, it might be cycled by now.Before he came in the aquarium has run with a shrimp in it for about 3 weeks.
Frieda, you need to find out what the ammonia & nitrAtes are. Can you bring in a water sample to the aquarium shop? How much water do you change? the fact that the puffer is feeling better in another tank, means there is something wrong with the water in his tank.
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!"
I'm wondering if the temp was a bit high in his old tank, as you mentioned he's hanging around near bubbles...is he near the water surface?
Also, the little white worms are a sign of poor water quality..you should test the water straight from your tap..as those worms are a sign that the water is full of too many organic compounds.
I'm willing to bet your nitrAtes are high, and there may be an issue with the water not having enough oxygen in it.
Pami.
Also, the little white worms are a sign of poor water quality..you should test the water straight from your tap..as those worms are a sign that the water is full of too many organic compounds.
I'm willing to bet your nitrAtes are high, and there may be an issue with the water not having enough oxygen in it.
Pami.
Sorry I didn't reply earlier. I was very busy. The puffer is doing fine again. I have tested my water at the aquarium shop. The waterparameters were ok, the problem was a low oxygenlevel.
Because the last days it was very hot I left out the lights, I did'n't had many live plants, so the few I have probable took, when the lights were out, also oxigen.
I got some more plants and an airpomp to keep the oxygen level higher.
Because the last days it was very hot I left out the lights, I did'n't had many live plants, so the few I have probable took, when the lights were out, also oxigen.
I got some more plants and an airpomp to keep the oxygen level higher.
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