Very small DPs - overgrown teeth - any tricks?:(
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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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Boxermom
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Sorry, I missed the post about the scars. Yeah, they come to us battered and bruised when wild caught. Bite marks are usually roundish scars. Line scars can be from brushing against something too hard, they're pretty fragile. Several of mine have both types of scars. If it doesn't appear to be a fresh wound, I wouldn't worry about it. They sometimes fade with time, too.
Tina
Puffers: Auriglobus silus x1, Tetraodon travancoricus x1, Tetraodon turgidus x1, Tetraodon miurus x1, Tetraodon nigroviridis x2, Tetraodon baileyi x2, Tetraodon lineatus x1, Tetraodon palembangensis x1
Puffers: Auriglobus silus x1, Tetraodon travancoricus x1, Tetraodon turgidus x1, Tetraodon miurus x1, Tetraodon nigroviridis x2, Tetraodon baileyi x2, Tetraodon lineatus x1, Tetraodon palembangensis x1
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Boxermom
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As far as sexing, the only sure-fire way to tell is the eye wrinkles. Males will have wrinkles or iridescent creases around and behind their eyes. Females don't.
Tina
Puffers: Auriglobus silus x1, Tetraodon travancoricus x1, Tetraodon turgidus x1, Tetraodon miurus x1, Tetraodon nigroviridis x2, Tetraodon baileyi x2, Tetraodon lineatus x1, Tetraodon palembangensis x1
Puffers: Auriglobus silus x1, Tetraodon travancoricus x1, Tetraodon turgidus x1, Tetraodon miurus x1, Tetraodon nigroviridis x2, Tetraodon baileyi x2, Tetraodon lineatus x1, Tetraodon palembangensis x1
Alright, thanks, Boxermom...! I just don't see any wrinkles behind any eyes.. Well maybe there are wrinkles behind Scar's eyes now that I come to think of it! But I just thought they were some kind of scars too. I'll take a look at Scar again:) The other fish may be females then. But that would be lucky enough wouldn't it, 3 females and 1 male. Can't complain about that...
I just thought Scar and the other little DP were way too small to show these signs of sex? But maybe they do that very early really then...
I just thought Scar and the other little DP were way too small to show these signs of sex? But maybe they do that very early really then...
Best regards,
Marya
Marya
Hi again everyone! 
As I told you earlier on I am trying to deworm my small DPs with Gel Tek. When I fed them the worms with medicine, the fish were quite slim. Then they ate a bit and weren't quite so slim but on the other hand also not as fat as I would like them to be. Then this morning, all of a sudden, they have very large bellies both of them!!?
Now I don't know whether to feed them or not? Is it the medicine that makes them fat somehow or have they just been able to eat something without my knowing? They behave normally.
They stay in a small tank with only a few RCS. Sometimes the female shrimp do carry eggs so maybe the DPs have been lucky enough to catch a lot of small shrimp...? Although I haven't noticed any shrimp babies lately...
Should I feed the DPs?
As I told you earlier on I am trying to deworm my small DPs with Gel Tek. When I fed them the worms with medicine, the fish were quite slim. Then they ate a bit and weren't quite so slim but on the other hand also not as fat as I would like them to be. Then this morning, all of a sudden, they have very large bellies both of them!!?
Now I don't know whether to feed them or not? Is it the medicine that makes them fat somehow or have they just been able to eat something without my knowing? They behave normally.
They stay in a small tank with only a few RCS. Sometimes the female shrimp do carry eggs so maybe the DPs have been lucky enough to catch a lot of small shrimp...? Although I haven't noticed any shrimp babies lately...
Should I feed the DPs?
Best regards,
Marya
Marya
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Boxermom
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Feed them daily with the medicated food for at least 7 days. They may also be munching on the shrimp.
Tina
Puffers: Auriglobus silus x1, Tetraodon travancoricus x1, Tetraodon turgidus x1, Tetraodon miurus x1, Tetraodon nigroviridis x2, Tetraodon baileyi x2, Tetraodon lineatus x1, Tetraodon palembangensis x1
Puffers: Auriglobus silus x1, Tetraodon travancoricus x1, Tetraodon turgidus x1, Tetraodon miurus x1, Tetraodon nigroviridis x2, Tetraodon baileyi x2, Tetraodon lineatus x1, Tetraodon palembangensis x1
- and I just soak/thaw the worms in medicine right? 