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I'd add an airstone in there & make sure the temp isn't >78.

MachMe wrote:Ok so I might be being over critical but she is breathing very heavily and fast. Kinda opening her mouth between breaths. Is that normal?

I did say that you should probably add an airstone, as that's the most common thing I've heard people complain of when using Melafix & Pimafix.

I added a 10inch bubble curtain I had. She is no longer breathing heavily. However, I did about an 80% water change prior to this because it seemed like her breathing was that bad. It was pretty scary. I'm kinda afraid of this stuff now.

As far as the fungus goes it seems about the same. Maybe a lil more detailed now. I will continue adding pimafix today but has anyone dealt with a fungus before?

What was the product you had success with?

Yes, my Baileyi had a fungus last year, and was quite bad, but I used the Melafix/Pimafix for 7 days as directed and it went away, never had any problems with it since then. But I'd be careful, if you stop using the Pimafix, those fungi can multiply rapidly and it can be a very bad outcome very quickly.
I use a syringe (without a needle) for measuring my Melafix/Pimafix, and over here, it says to use 5ml for every 38-liters of water. I've never had any problems with it, and it's always helped my puffers. In fact, I think most puffers benefit from a little Melafix, whether they have a problem or not, but that's just my opinion.

Ok I will continue dosing today. Pufferpuggirl, how often do you feed your Baileyi? My puff is about 2inches so I'm thinking of feeding here every other day. The nightcrawlers I got are huge so I dont want to feed her too much.

That sounds about right. Try to find other foods he'll eat too.

I'm a bad woman because I feed all my puffers every day, unless the lurkers don't seem interested, which does happen every now and then. I ran out of food last night and so I didn't feed my one Abei, Hymie, and he had a fit! I probably could have thawed out some shrimp, but I didn't. He was really not happy with me at all.
Because I have small puffers that need to eat regularly, I just feed everyone, more habit than anything, and as all of my puffers are what I'd call "very robust", maybe I should think of skipping a day during the week. I will have some very unhappy puffers, because they all know when it's feeding time and they all get very excited.

Maybe you should go back & read that sticky on overfeeding your puffers!

I know, I was asking for that one.