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Re: What is!?
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 6:43 pm
by ELISA80
Myaj wrote:If it is the ich parasite, the salt will take care of that, but yes, you need to find a new home for the corydoras. The problem is if this is ich, the corydoras have been exposed to it and you could give it to whoever you give the corydoras to, so it might be best to put them in a temporary home for a while by themselves to see if they break out in it.
He looks healthy but not quite healthy, as you said.. his color is off and his eyes look a little too big for his body, but he's nice and fat. I think the salt will help, these guys don't like freshwater, they are happier with salt.
Let us know how he does, and welcome to the forum! Your english is very good too
Hiiii!!! Thank you!!!!! Yeah....I think too the problem is freshwater...because He seems "switched off". I'm really angry with the shop..because I have had the puffer from a friend...and the dealer told him that this fish was a freshwater fish...So I have to keep off the other "tenants" to change water. At the begin..I had Pangio and Corydoras....One pangio is died because the puffer is a killer!!! I have bought salt and Hydrometer....but I have to keep out my beloved corydoras!! I hope it's not Ich....
Re: What is!?
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 6:49 pm
by Myaj
Its very common for stores to sell these guys as freshwater. That or just the opposite, they tell people ALL puffers are brackish, when many types of them really are freshwater.
Does he pick on your corydoras?
Re: What is!?
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 6:54 pm
by ELISA80
Myaj wrote:Its very common for stores to sell these guys as freshwater. That or just the opposite, they tell people ALL puffers are brackish, when many types of them really are freshwater.
Does he pick on your corydoras?
It's strange....because the Corydoras is very happy with puffer...and the puffer doesn't pick it. Sometimes they swim together...I think it's possible just because the corydoras is more bigger than puffer.... may be The pangio (my beloved pangio....survived just for ONE night with puffer) seems a good food!!
Re: What is!?
Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 7:06 pm
by ELISA80
Myaj wrote:Its very common for stores to sell these guys as freshwater. That or just the opposite, they tell people ALL puffers are brackish, when many types of them really are freshwater.
Does he pick on your corydoras?
The dealer....told him too that puffer eats dried food!!!!!!!
my puffer scorns it..
now he eats kryll and artemia..sometimes little snails...I hope with salt he can revive.
Re: What is!?
Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 1:35 am
by Pufferpunk
Definately DO NOT add salt with the corys, unless you are just adding enough to treat Ich. They will not like brackish water at all.