The Puffer Forum

my friend thinks I'm a atheist bc I lisen to marilyn manson n worship him.maybe he sent that lady there =]].well my dp said hope it goes better then me.it's in puffer heaven now,cartman died yesterday.(I don't make sence now for no reason,hope u get what I mean)

WOW! God really looks after his little ones, even puffers!

Ok here's a new update:
I fowarded Annabelle's diary, everything that I've done from day one til now and she fowarded it the marine biologist at drsfostersmith. She will be here today to look at Annabelle. She said from what I've told her that she is certain Annabelle has Camallanus worms. She's going to call me when she's on her way. I'm about to feed everyone and start my water changes to get ready for treatment. I'll update later.

good luck!!

First update. It's been one hour with 1/2 dose of meds. So far so good.



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After the full dose of meds are in the tank. Annabelle is still doing well. She's not having any bad effects to the meds.
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Yesyesyesyesyes!!!!!!!!

So what was the decided treatment? Levamasole bath?

I decided to treat the whole tank. I have the 10g set up just in case I had to move her. So far she's doing ok. No signs of distress. I just checked on her again a few seconds ago. I tried to feed her but she refused. That's ok I expected it. I made sure I gave her plenty to eat this morning.
I'll post an update again in a few hours. I'm sure the first 24 hours are going to be the hardest on her. If all goes well I'll take the 10g down in a few days. Hopefully I won't need it.


This is why I treated the whole tank and did not do the bath treatment:
With the bath treatment I would have to move her back into the tank where she would become reinfected again and again. I don't have a second qt to set up. I guess I could have used a bucket but I just thought about that. Duh!
By treating the whole tank I'll be killing (fingers crossed) all the worms in the tank so that there is no chance for her to get reinfected.

hope all is well with Annabelle this morning......i thought about you both all day yesterday ......steve and i went fishing.....we had a blast....but i still couldn't stop thinking about you 2 .......

Update: Last night she refused to eat. This morning she was waiting for her breakfast, swimming and looking good. She didn't eat much but now she's chasing a ghost shrimp!

............whooooohoooooooo

Picture updates. I caught Annabelle to get a picture of the progress. She was "MAD" but I got the picture.

Taken Feb. 9, 2009



Taken Feb. 10, 2009



Taken Feb. 17, 2009.



Taken Feb. 23, 2009



I know I'm probally asking for a mircle here but it looks like they have really thinned out.

Just a little closer inspection, I think they are turning white. From what I have read that's a good sign! That means they are dying!




I'll try to get another picture tomorrow and see if there is any change.