I'm suure it felt sooo goood after tho.las wrote:Thats funny but can you imagine the pain that poor guy was in... And I was massaging his stomach to make it hurt moredefool89 wrote:That reminds me of that one Dr.Doolittle movie where the rat was dying but then he just farted
I think my puffer has an air bubble and needs some help
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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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Re: I think my puffer has an air bubble and needs some help
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Re: I think my puffer has an air bubble and needs some help
I know this is an old post ... interestingly, I have a Mappa with an air bubble now - tried burping him, no go. He's in a very large container - hoping he can giggle it out over night. 
He's about 10" - I've had him for about 6 years now, such a good good fish ... I want to be sure I'm doing everything I can for him!
Here's an old video ... actually he likes poking his nose out of the water sometimes. This time, unfortunately - he got stuck with a 2" bubble.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9saEyTtCgY
He's about 10" - I've had him for about 6 years now, such a good good fish ... I want to be sure I'm doing everything I can for him!
Here's an old video ... actually he likes poking his nose out of the water sometimes. This time, unfortunately - he got stuck with a 2" bubble.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9saEyTtCgY
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Burr, Porcupine, Dalmatian, Mappa, Miurus, Blue Box (does that count?) ... and a ton of other fish! Whew ...
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Re: I think my puffer has an air bubble and needs some help
I hope you can pull him out of this.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
Re: I think my puffer has an air bubble and needs some help
Hey Pufferpunk! YES! Good as new! In addition to burping him ... I put him in a large container that sat on the bottom of the tank ... seems the pressure relieved the bubble 100% Yay!
Sandee | NJ
Burr, Porcupine, Dalmatian, Mappa, Miurus, Blue Box (does that count?) ... and a ton of other fish! Whew ...
Ton of Tanks: http://www.sandeeland.com/animals
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Burr, Porcupine, Dalmatian, Mappa, Miurus, Blue Box (does that count?) ... and a ton of other fish! Whew ...
Ton of Tanks: http://www.sandeeland.com/animals
Live Fishcam: http://www.sandeeland.com/fishcam
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Re: I think my puffer has an air bubble and needs some help
Fantastic!
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
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las
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Re: I think my puffer has an air bubble and needs some help
the container on the bottom of the tank trick should be stickied...