The Puffer Forum

Ohh, duh... I forgot about Maracyn Two, They sell that at my Petmart too. When I used to work for Petsmart we used Maracyn and Maracyn Two together in our sick tanks with a decent success rate.

I am already doing daily 50% water changes, so that should take care of the water parameters while I am medicating, and I will have to watch them closely after treatment. I have plenty of Prime on hand, I love the stuff.

They are made to be dosed together if necessary.

Either that puffer is tiny or those rocks are really BIG! I see the easy possibility of food getting caught in there & not easy for cleaning.

I do have pretty large rocks in there, they are sold as River Rock. I gravel vac weekly, and it is actually pretty easy to clean the debris out. The benefits I have found are: ghost shrimp and snails can hide in there so they are not all eaten in one feeding, and he does not get the small rocks caught in his mouth when diving after said food (that was a concern when I had the smaller rocks).

As you can see, those rocks can collect algae. They are stained green. Algae isn't a problem in my new place. It was in my last place because the room I kept him in got a lot of natural light.

Ok, good luck. I'm looking foward to hearing about the recovery!

Poor little guy...I hope you find something that works. He is so handsome...even with the sore on his mouth.

The Minocycline (Maracyn 2) seems to be working. After the first treatment, his mouth is showing progress. There is a lot less white tissue than there was in the last picture.

YAY!!!

thats awesome

Today is the 4th treatment of the Maracyn 2, and the second round of Maracyn. Pazuzu is still holding strong! He is looking a lot better. I will try to get a good picture and update the post with more specifics tomorrow.

Thanks again for all of the support!

That is so great to hear, glad Pazuzu is getting better!

Hey folks,
Pazuzu is looking MUCH better. His sore is actually closing up, with minimal scarring. I finished the 2nd round of Maracyn and the first dose of Maracyn 2, and it looked much better.

At this point, I am doing 25% water changes daily to deal with the fact that I probably killed off most of the bacteria. I have showing higher than trace amounts (still less than 1ppm) of ammonia. I will continue my water changes and Prime until the ammonia and nitrites subside.

No pictures as of now. To be frank, it is a P.I.T.A. to get a good picture of him with my camera phone, and probably causes more stress to him than necessary.

Thank you for all of the help! We appreciate it.

You've cared for this guy very well, you should be proud of yourself!

Yes, quick action and diligent care, Pazuzu has a great dad!