Help! Congo puffer not eating
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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.
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: Help! Congo puffer not eating
From the pic, she looks skinny. Should be well felt out. But have problems feeding her, she would look like this though. Turning down food is a sign of IP. Btw, I would raise the temp up in the tank to help maybe spark her appetite.
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Re: Help! Congo puffer not eating
This is a good idea. Raise the temperature by about 4 degrees and it will help boost her metabolism.FADE2BLACK_1973 wrote:I would raise the temp up in the tank to help maybe spark her appetite.
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Re: Help! Congo puffer not eating
Thanks will sure give that a try!
Re: Help! Congo puffer not eating
Just some update on her progress
I was only able to fed her medicated food once or twice.. with a tiny piece of shrimp..
so I really don't know how much med..
This is how she looks now
She's making a really good progress compared to the pic maybe a week ago..
She has gained some weight!
she's also constantly begging for food! Her poop is no longer pearly looking either.
Is it okay to stop the medication?
I was only able to fed her medicated food once or twice.. with a tiny piece of shrimp..
so I really don't know how much med..
This is how she looks now
She's making a really good progress compared to the pic maybe a week ago..
She has gained some weight!
she's also constantly begging for food! Her poop is no longer pearly looking either.
Is it okay to stop the medication?
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Re: Help! Congo puffer not eating
That's some great progress! I would not stop the meds however, alternate between days where you give her meds but try and get her to take the meds as much as possible for a week. Gotta make sure all those nasties are out of her. Great job on your part, you did amazing! =]
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Re: Help! Congo puffer not eating
Much better! Treat for at least 5 days.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
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Re: Help! Congo puffer not eating
Oh wow! Now that is much better. Great job you been doing with her 
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Re: Help! Congo puffer not eating
Isn't he doing great! I feel like I'm looking at a completely new puffer.FADE2BLACK_1973 wrote:Oh wow! Now that is much better. Great job you been doing with her
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Re: Help! Congo puffer not eating
Nuclear_Glitter wrote:Isn't he doing great! I feel like I'm looking at a completely new puffer.FADE2BLACK_1973 wrote:Oh wow! Now that is much better. Great job you been doing with her
But dont she? I was thinking the same thing and I was amazed how she has felt out.
Chris,
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Re: Help! Congo puffer not eating
Thanks!! I am really happy with her progress too!
Thanks again for all the help! Couldn't have done this without you guys!!!
Will for sure treat her for another week!
Thanks again for all the help! Couldn't have done this without you guys!!!
Will for sure treat her for another week!