I was wondering about supplements for puffers, i've heard of things like selcon and vitamins to soak my puffers food in as he is sick, i went all over looking for some but no one has anything, but then i realized that every other feeding i give him "Bio-Blend" tablets and the label says:
vitamin A,D,E,C, Spirulina and all sorts of other stuff.
"BIO-GAURD is a propietary formula of natural immunostimulants and vitamins proven to strengthen fish's biological resistance to disease from microorganisms" this sounds damn good to me, am i set or do i need to order some other stuff online? im sorry for the stupid questions but i love this puffer, and my girlfriend said if he dies she'll never forgive me.
puffer supplements
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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.
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Feathers&Fins
- Figure 8 Puffer
- Posts: 201
- Joined: Sat Jun 04, 2005 5:42 pm
- Gender: Female
- My Puffers: Pufferless since Nova passed; had 2 red T.miuris, 4 T.biocellatus for many years.
- Location (country): KY (USA)
- Location: (US) Kentucky
Selcon is an enrichment product marketed mainly for the use in marine tanks. It contains…
•HUFAs (Highly Unsaturated Fatty Acids), Marine Lipids, 200mg/g.
•Vitamin C stabilized, 200mg.
•Vitamin B12 Cyanocobalamin, 240mcg.
I do not know if Selcon is appropriate to use in fw & bw Puffer tanks.
I use two of the Kent products: Zoe Freshwater Vitamins and Zoe Saltwater Vitamins. Kent also makes Zoecon which is similar to Selcon. It contains… •Omega 3 Fatty Acids, EPA (eicosapentanoic acid) and DHA (docosahexanoic acid)
I do not know if Zoecon is appropriate to use in fw & bw Puffer tanks.
•HUFAs (Highly Unsaturated Fatty Acids), Marine Lipids, 200mg/g.
•Vitamin C stabilized, 200mg.
•Vitamin B12 Cyanocobalamin, 240mcg.
I do not know if Selcon is appropriate to use in fw & bw Puffer tanks.
I use two of the Kent products: Zoe Freshwater Vitamins and Zoe Saltwater Vitamins. Kent also makes Zoecon which is similar to Selcon. It contains… •Omega 3 Fatty Acids, EPA (eicosapentanoic acid) and DHA (docosahexanoic acid)
I do not know if Zoecon is appropriate to use in fw & bw Puffer tanks.
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Feathers&Fins
- Figure 8 Puffer
- Posts: 201
- Joined: Sat Jun 04, 2005 5:42 pm
- Gender: Female
- My Puffers: Pufferless since Nova passed; had 2 red T.miuris, 4 T.biocellatus for many years.
- Location (country): KY (USA)
- Location: (US) Kentucky