I treated him with a mix of salt - melafix was not aval locally -that's what happens when you live in hawaii
SICK FAHAKA !!!!
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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.
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.
Now I dont what's going on, treated him for fungus and was doing fine, now he's got the outer part of his skin missing? it like lines of bare skin ?only on his belly,he just lies on the bottom,he eats though as normal, but seems that he cannot maintain a floating height ,also I noticed a red spot near his anal fin .he just sits on the bottom and struggles to swim to the top to get his food?
I treated him with a mix of salt - melafix was not aval locally -that's what happens when you live in hawaii
I treated him with a mix of salt - melafix was not aval locally -that's what happens when you live in hawaii
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I think you need to admit to yourself that your Fahaka is not doing well, as you keep insisting.
I hope you are able to get the 125. Like everyone else, I'm surprised he's still alive as it is. The beefheart alone would be enough to kill him (fatty liver).
OK, up date, fish is doing fine ,eating well etc, but I just noticed fungus ?
How can you say your puffer is "doing fine" and then say it has fungus?Now I dont what's going on, treated him for fungus and was doing fine,
I hope you are able to get the 125. Like everyone else, I'm surprised he's still alive as it is. The beefheart alone would be enough to kill him (fatty liver).
He was doing fine, eating acting like normal,so that "doing fine" to me.Dinsdale wrote:I think you need to admit to yourself that your Fahaka is not doing well, as you keep insisting.
OK, up date, fish is doing fine ,eating well etc, but I just noticed fungus ?How can you say your puffer is "doing fine" and then say it has fungus?Now I dont what's going on, treated him for fungus and was doing fine,
I hope you are able to get the 125. Like everyone else, I'm surprised he's still alive as it is. The beefheart alone would be enough to kill him (fatty liver).
He does get snails, crayfish , once a week, he only gets fed 3 times a week.
As for the 125 , it will be here as soon as we finish working on the house, there is not even room to safely put a 55 right now as we go thru remodling out house