There you have it! I learned yet another thing new today. LOLPufferpunk wrote:100%, no doubt in my mind, that's a pufferbite.
Circle on GSP
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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.
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c333davis
- Figure 8 Puffer
- Posts: 187
- Joined: Fri Feb 19, 2010 11:10 pm
- Gender: Female
- Location (country): Jacksonville, FL, USA
Re: Circle on GSP
~ Candice
With the following creatures in various tanks:
1 GSP with live rock and red mushrooms (viewtopic.php?f=9&t=25686)
1 Red-ear Slider Turtle—32-yrs-old!
1 African Cichlid - not sure of species
2 Green Terror Cichlids
2 Jack Dempsey Cichlids
~30 Jewel Cichlids
With the following creatures in various tanks:
1 GSP with live rock and red mushrooms (viewtopic.php?f=9&t=25686)
1 Red-ear Slider Turtle—32-yrs-old!
1 African Cichlid - not sure of species
2 Green Terror Cichlids
2 Jack Dempsey Cichlids
~30 Jewel Cichlids
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lesleyanndunn
- Fahaka Puffer
- Posts: 542
- Joined: Thu Dec 31, 2009 3:34 pm
- Gender: Female
- My Puffers: one fahaka ~ *Abe*
one palembang ~ *Spud*
one fahaka ~ *Kruger* (RIP) :(
also kept: DP's, GSP'S, and BBG's - Location (country): Bangor, UK
- Location: bangor, NI, UK
Re: Circle on GSP
when i first got my puffer
he was missing a fin
and his belly was covered in puffer bites
his fin never grew back, and he still has small scarring
he was missing a fin
and his belly was covered in puffer bites
his fin never grew back, and he still has small scarring
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angelaz
- Puffer Fry
- Posts: 35
- Joined: Tue Jan 18, 2011 10:28 pm
- Gender: Female
- My Puffers: Baltazar-GSP 1/9/11
Coral-GSP 3/17/11
Mr. Zurkon-GSP 3/17/11
My other fish:
Valentine-Lunar Wrasse
Spike-Fox Face Lo
Kaboom-Cleaner Wrasse
Goldeen-Anthis
SeaKing-Anthis
The Krakan-Starfish
Tuxedo Sea Urchent - Location (country): Saint Louis, MO
USA - Location: Saint Louis, MO
- Contact:
Re: Circle on GSP
Thanks
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angelaz
- Puffer Fry
- Posts: 35
- Joined: Tue Jan 18, 2011 10:28 pm
- Gender: Female
- My Puffers: Baltazar-GSP 1/9/11
Coral-GSP 3/17/11
Mr. Zurkon-GSP 3/17/11
My other fish:
Valentine-Lunar Wrasse
Spike-Fox Face Lo
Kaboom-Cleaner Wrasse
Goldeen-Anthis
SeaKing-Anthis
The Krakan-Starfish
Tuxedo Sea Urchent - Location (country): Saint Louis, MO
USA - Location: Saint Louis, MO
- Contact:
Re: Circle on GSP
I have a new problem. One of my fish is not as active as the other, which is not the problem. The less active of the one is the one I am worried about. His name is Fredrick. Fredrick is the bigger of my two puffers.
I just saw him curled up in a ball by the heater. I checked the temp and it is about 80 degrees. Fredrick was just laying there.
I stuck a net in to see if he could swim. He swam, but only with one fin. I watched him. I saw him move his other one after awhile, I can not tell if it is the same size as the other one or not.
His gill on the side where he wasn't using his fin did not seem to be moving as much as the one on the other side.
Hopefully some one can help me.
I just saw him curled up in a ball by the heater. I checked the temp and it is about 80 degrees. Fredrick was just laying there.
I stuck a net in to see if he could swim. He swam, but only with one fin. I watched him. I saw him move his other one after awhile, I can not tell if it is the same size as the other one or not.
His gill on the side where he wasn't using his fin did not seem to be moving as much as the one on the other side.
Hopefully some one can help me.
Re: Circle on GSP
Fredrick was probably sleeping, think if someone woke you up all of a sudden, would you walk right? Puffers can be strange fish in the way they swim, have you ever seen another fish that hovers. My dogface use to stick one fin inside his gill all the time. If he is not appearing sick ( eating, active, no burn mark from the heater ) I wouldn't worry about it.
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Dadof4
- Tech Team
- Posts: 2862
- Joined: Sun Oct 19, 2008 5:50 am
- Gender: Male
- My Puffers: 1 GSP (Microfiche) RIP, 1 Monotrete Turgidus (Leon) in a 30gal. 1 Monotrete suvattii in a 40 gal FW. 120 gallon BW with 3 juvenile Dragon Gobies (so cool). 55 gal with a 2" GSP named Hank. 180 gallon being set up for a Fahaka in the next few months!
- Location (country): United States
- Location: North Wisconsin
Re: Circle on GSP
Test you water and see if you have ammonia, nitrite, or nitrate in there. More than likely sleeping but whenever you have odd behavior in a puffer there are two things you should do. First test your parameters. Second, while the last test finishes, do a 50% water change. I do them in this order because I want to know what's going on in the tank before the water change, just to make sure the biofilter is good. Gives more of a diagnostic tool this way.
When I say odd behavior, I mean something that you have never seen them do before or if they seem to becoming ill because puffers are odd characters to begin with.
When I say odd behavior, I mean something that you have never seen them do before or if they seem to becoming ill because puffers are odd characters to begin with.
"Darwin swings...annnnnnd a miss. Boy Jim, Chuck's suffered at the plate tonight. He's 0 for 3 and I'm not sure he's recovered from that shoulder pull a few weeks ago. I'll bet the front office is re-thinking that contract."
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angelaz
- Puffer Fry
- Posts: 35
- Joined: Tue Jan 18, 2011 10:28 pm
- Gender: Female
- My Puffers: Baltazar-GSP 1/9/11
Coral-GSP 3/17/11
Mr. Zurkon-GSP 3/17/11
My other fish:
Valentine-Lunar Wrasse
Spike-Fox Face Lo
Kaboom-Cleaner Wrasse
Goldeen-Anthis
SeaKing-Anthis
The Krakan-Starfish
Tuxedo Sea Urchent - Location (country): Saint Louis, MO
USA - Location: Saint Louis, MO
- Contact:
Re: Circle on GSP
thanks