Is my F8 puffer sick?

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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)

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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brodyx
Puffer Fry
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Is my F8 puffer sick?

Post by brodyx »

Hey guys , heres a newbie question :P , my puffer has been acting really weird lately , he "sleeps" a lot , he eats but his belly goes flat in a matter of minutes (bout 4) , and he swims and sometimes he does this thing like he has hippos (i dunno that word on english lol , but its when u *HIP* lol )...

So i dunno if someone has any idea on what is wrong with him.. My other puffer seams just fine and now i have to be careful when i feed them cuz when i feed them bloodworm , both eat it , but with shrimp , my "healty" puffer is very good at bitting it from the surface and eating it , but my "maybe sick" puffer cant get the shrimp hehe until the other one sinks some , then he eats...

So i hope u have an answer for my question or solution , and any advice is welcome...

(Tank 20G , 2 cascade filters 30G and 20G , plants , and salt level at 1.005, Diet: bloodworms and dried shrimp, Size: bout an inch both f8 puffers)
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Pamela
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Post by Pamela »

This'd be better in hospital.
I think you mean hiccoughs.
First off, can you give us the water readings for the tank, feeding and changing schedule?
I'm thinking internal parasites...but four minutes seems incredibly fast.
Whereabouts are you?
Pami.
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HRPuffersnStuff
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Post by HRPuffersnStuff »

When I thought my figure eight was "hicoughing", I found out he was rally gasping for air, as he had gill flukes. Check to see if he is using both of his gills and whether he is breathing heavily. If this is the case, you need to start a treatment plan for flukes.
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brodyx
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awww

Post by brodyx »

Today "CHICO" left us :'( .... He woke up stuck to the filter tube :'(

Im gonna get some readings later on my water to give em to you , maybe then i can know what happened to him and advice users with the same prob...
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Pamela
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Post by Pamela »

Sorry to hear that. If you could get us the readings, then we might be able to point a finger at a reason and you'll be more able to avoid the same mistake - if indeed you made any - in the future.
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brodyx
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Maybeeee..

Post by brodyx »

maybe its gill flukes , kuz hes breathing heavely ...what can i give him????
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