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Re: Porcupine Puffer with White Film over Eyes
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 8:45 pm
by Laf-Reef
Puffer ate a whole jumbo shrimp tonight! His eyes are getting much clearer.
Re: Porcupine Puffer with White Film over Eyes
Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2011 12:06 am
by las
RTR wrote:Will either of the fish take nori or any of the other dried seaweeds? Or take prawn/ghost shrimp which have been fed well with such foods? And/or do you vitamin-soak thawed foods before feeding? I worry about vitamins with any eye problems. Non of the above should do any harm and could help.
I do agree that it is not easy to get 0 nitrate with messy eaters and large fish in SW (or FW) but it can be done. I wish I had already been well along in testing plenum tanks when I had the T. mbu. Anything would have helped.
Would you recommend keeping a refugium with a DSB or an algae lit refugium with saltwater puffers?
Re: Porcupine Puffer with White Film over Eyes
Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 12:40 pm
by Pufferpunk
Why not both? That's what I have. It's plumbed in next to the tank.
Re: Porcupine Puffer with White Film over Eyes
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2011 9:31 pm
by las
Pufferpunk wrote:Why not both? That's what I have. It's plumbed in next to the tank.
Thanks PP- I am running the same system as you i guess.
Re: Porcupine Puffer with White Film over Eyes
Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 1:32 pm
by Pufferpunk
Sump under tank:
Fuge next to sump/tank:
Re: Porcupine Puffer with White Film over Eyes
Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 2:01 pm
by goldielocke76
Pufferpunk wrote:Sump under tank:
Fuge next to sump/tank:
I feel like I still have so much to learn....here I thought I was learning tons, and the last couple of posts you guys just posted....foreign language LOL
/overwhelming
Re: Porcupine Puffer with White Film over Eyes
Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 9:25 pm
by J-P
consider the sump a mechanical garbage can where wastes are deposited and removed. A fuge (refugium) is usually there to hold aquatic plant life and other living organisms that help clean and oxygenate the water.
There is no reason why this can't all be in one system but people prefer to have the dirty work hidden away from the display tank.
Re: Porcupine Puffer with White Film over Eyes
Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2011 2:34 pm
by goldielocke76
J-P wrote:consider the sump a mechanical garbage can where wastes are deposited and removed. A fuge (refugium) is usually there to hold aquatic plant life and other living organisms that help clean and oxygenate the water.
There is no reason why this can't all be in one system but people prefer to have the dirty work hidden away from the display tank.
Thanks J-P! I am going to have to do some more reading..sounds really interesting, and one day, eventually, I want to get a ginormous fish tank LoL. Gotta start learning now. =)
Re: Porcupine Puffer with White Film over Eyes
Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2011 7:22 am
by Laf-Reef
UPDATE - puffer's eyes are much clearer, he's eating frozen jumbo shrimp again.... my guess is eyesight is about 80% back to normal. He can definitely see us thru the glass - gets very excited especially when my ten year old walks in the room. Still has not taken a shrimp hand held at the top of the tank like he used to. We have to use feeding tongs to get the shrimp near his face. I'm encourgaed that he'll continue to improve and be back to 100% in another month or so.
Re: Porcupine Puffer with White Film over Eyes
Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2011 8:47 am
by J-P
that is good news!!
it is a shame that sickness and injury is so sudden and the healing process takes such time.
Re: Porcupine Puffer with White Film over Eyes
Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2011 9:21 am
by sevenyearnight
Great to hear!
Re: Porcupine Puffer with White Film over Eyes
Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2011 5:53 pm
by xrayjeeper83
Glad your porc is feeling better