The Puffer Forum

What do you mean? Whatever you're doing here is going to stress the fish out further. How large capacity is your SW mixing bucket?

Its about a 20 gallin bucket the fish r still in the same water from before the water change

In the tank? All you have to mix salt in for WC for a 180g tank, is a 20g bucket?

It's a 110 gallon PP. danygee you do only have room for the dogface so returning all the others is your best bet. As PP stated you never have to remove fish when doing water changes.

What do u suggest i do now? Continue using this medication or use something else. Theyre eyes r cloudy and as mentioned theyre all laying sideways and some are even losing their color

I would not use ANY meds in your main tank. I'd continue doing water changes & remedy the overstocking problem. How much live rock is in there?

about 130 lbs

Could it be possible that the lionfish poisoned the water when he stung the dogface? That would explain why all the fish act and look sick.

El Scorpio wrote:Could it be possible that the lionfish poisoned the water when he stung the dogface? That would explain why all the fish act and look sick.

I thought this aswell

Might be, but today the puffer looks a little healthier. His foggy eyes are cleared up, he comes out, swims around for a little, then goes back to his spot and lays down. I did another test today and I have .5 ppm ammonia

You need to get that ammo to 0. Add prime to the tank and perform another partial.

Keep doing what you're doing, then. It appears to be working. Is his skin still black?

dannygee31 wrote:Might be, but today the puffer looks a little healthier. His foggy eyes are cleared up, he comes out, swims around for a little, then goes back to his spot and lays down. I did another test today and I have .5 ppm ammonia

When hes swimmin hes a little darker than his normal color but when he goes back to lay down he goes to a dark gray, my other fish however just lay there breathing heavily

dannygee31 wrote:my other fish however just lay there breathing heavily

Have you tried adding a air stone/oxygen to the tank?

El Scorpio wrote:Could it be possible that the lionfish poisoned the water when he stung the dogface? That would explain why all the fish act and look sick.

Not possible.