cloudy eyes, no appetite mbu giant puffer
Forum rules
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.
( How long does Melafix take to start showing some results as his grey patch on underbelly is getting slightly bigger near the tail? Please help!-
Pufferpunk
- Queen Admin
- Posts: 32980
- Joined: Tue May 31, 2005 11:06 am
- Gender: Female
- My Puffers: Puffers I have kept:
T lineatus
T miurus
A modestus
T biocellatus
C valentini
C coranata
C papuan
C lorteti
DPs
suvattii
burrfish
T niphobles - Location (country): USA, Greenville, SC
- Location: Greenville, SC
- Contact:
-
Pufferpunk
- Queen Admin
- Posts: 32980
- Joined: Tue May 31, 2005 11:06 am
- Gender: Female
- My Puffers: Puffers I have kept:
T lineatus
T miurus
A modestus
T biocellatus
C valentini
C coranata
C papuan
C lorteti
DPs
suvattii
burrfish
T niphobles - Location (country): USA, Greenville, SC
- Location: Greenville, SC
- Contact:
My boy finally ate after two weeks last night. I had cut mussel up and went to hand feed him as usual and he ate 3 peices! 
Although i am near the end of the Melafix/Pimafix treatment he is still banging into things and eyes have a kind of oil looking green stuff (not completely covered) so i fear he is blind because of this mystery illness? 
Water still perfect and he wont eat today but i suppose its one day at a time?
He had been taking the fine gravel into his mouth then spitting out previous to eating in last few days- any ideas?
I have got a pic of him now in my gallery and will upload some more of him in his ill state as that was wen he was healthy.
Although i am near the end of the Melafix/Pimafix treatment he is still banging into things and eyes have a kind of oil looking green stuff (not completely covered) so i fear he is blind because of this mystery illness? Water still perfect and he wont eat today but i suppose its one day at a time?
He had been taking the fine gravel into his mouth then spitting out previous to eating in last few days- any ideas?
I have got a pic of him now in my gallery and will upload some more of him in his ill state as that was wen he was healthy.
-
manutius
- Former Staff Member
- Posts: 1316
- Joined: Mon Dec 11, 2006 3:49 pm
- My Puffers: RIP Clooney the Mbu :(
- Location: Southend essex, UK
- Contact:
Hi Claire, great news that he is eating, YIPPEE!!!! The garvel spitting is probably him expelling it as he searches the gravel for thigs to eat. Clooney does it all the time and its a sign of them being hungry, so not a thing to worry about. I just checked out your pics and it looks to me on the close up that his eyes seem ok, the oily film is natural I think its the membrane over the eye, Clooney has it too.
http://www.thepufferforum.com/forum/vie ... php?t=7706
It does seem odd that yours is still bumping into things though, only time will tell with plenty of water changes. I tend to do one full gravel vac mid weekchanging 25% then one water change of 25% later in the week, normally Monday and thursday
http://www.thepufferforum.com/forum/vie ... php?t=7706
It does seem odd that yours is still bumping into things though, only time will tell with plenty of water changes. I tend to do one full gravel vac mid weekchanging 25% then one water change of 25% later in the week, normally Monday and thursday
Hi all - Well the good news is my mbu is eating again (picky..but eating!)
The bad news is even after treating with Pemafix and Melafix he appears to be left blind.
His eyes look like the pupil bit is greenish (used to be black), not all over but covering approx 3/4 of each eye and he defo does not see me in front of the tank or anything in the tank as keeps bashing into things.
Anyone has anything similar?
Also, is it ok for his underbelly to be slightly grey on the edges still as aside from this he seems ok?
The bad news is even after treating with Pemafix and Melafix he appears to be left blind.
His eyes look like the pupil bit is greenish (used to be black), not all over but covering approx 3/4 of each eye and he defo does not see me in front of the tank or anything in the tank as keeps bashing into things.
Anyone has anything similar?
Also, is it ok for his underbelly to be slightly grey on the edges still as aside from this he seems ok?
-
Nick
- Former Staff Member
- Posts: 3231
- Joined: Sun Oct 22, 2006 8:47 pm
- My Puffers: Mine:
GSPs - Shakespeare and Jillybean
F8 - Velvet
My fiance:
DP - Emma Goldman
Narrow Lined Puffer - Ulrike - Location (country): Northeastern USA
- Location: Middletown, CT
- Contact:
If the color is still off he may still have a bacterial infection in the eye jelly - perhaps antibiotic baths? Treating the main tank with antibiotics will kill the biofilter, and as such is a very risky operation.
No matter how magnificent your successes or devastating your failures, the worlds' approximately 5 billion impoverished people could not possibly care less.
I have a small fishtank (unused at present which i could bath him in or a bucket)which would be best?? Is it best to use smallest container?
Also, what antibiotic should i use and how long do i bathe him for and over how long a period please?
Thanks for all the help guys - he has his normal healthy appetite back so least that is one bit of good news.
Also, what antibiotic should i use and how long do i bathe him for and over how long a period please?
Thanks for all the help guys - he has his normal healthy appetite back so least that is one bit of good news.