Quick question....
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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.
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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mad_season2002
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Quick question....
My f8 puffer has Ich and i was wondering if this would be a good way to treat the problem. I have set up a "hospital tank" (a 30g plastic container) which I would like to move my puffer into out of his normal aquarium. I figured I would be able to treat him in the hospital tank by increasing the heat and salt content and if need be by adding medicine. Would this be the better choice since I don't want to harm any of the good bacteria in my main tank and have read that one normally wouldn't want to add medicine to the main tank anyway. Any suggestions would be helpful. Thanks!
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First of all, if you remove the puffer from the other tank, you have to keep feeding the bacteria to keep it alive or your tank will recycle.
Usually you shouldn't need meds to treat ich, raising the temp and salt content should be enough. But if you move the fish and treat it in a quarentine tank, make sure you leave the display tank empty of all fish for at least 4 weeks, so the parasite can die off from not having any host. Otherwise, when you put the fish back in, the parasite will just latch on again.
Usually you shouldn't need meds to treat ich, raising the temp and salt content should be enough. But if you move the fish and treat it in a quarentine tank, make sure you leave the display tank empty of all fish for at least 4 weeks, so the parasite can die off from not having any host. Otherwise, when you put the fish back in, the parasite will just latch on again.
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More info please:
What size tank is he in?
Any tank mates?
What's the SG now?
Are you sure it's ich & not just spines?
What size tank is he in?
Any tank mates?
What's the SG now?
Are you sure it's ich & not just spines?
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!"
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All puffers have spines. F8's spines look like tiny white dots & are often misdiagnosed as ich. Are there spots on the fins too?
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!"
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mad_season2002
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I'd raise the temp a bit & add Melafix for now. Make sure the water is pristine (50% weekly water changes cleaning the gravel too). If he develops more spots (looks like salt), I'd up the temp to 86 & do 50% water changes every other day.
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!"
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