F8 Puffer: Is this fungus? (pics)
Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 5:35 pm
To answer the questions in red above:
1) ph = 6.5 ( I know, it's really low, but that's what comes out of my tap and the puffers are all three-four years old and have been living in this water for all their lives), ammonia = 0, nitrite = 0, nitrate = 10 ppm, salinity = 1.008. Temp = 80 degrees F
2) 55 gallon. Three figure 8 puffers, one knight goby, two red tailed swordtails.
3) frozen krill, frozen bloodworms, freeze-dried bloodworms, baby clams (occasionally, maybe 2x a month) 50% changes a week, currently Genesis dechlor and liquid API Fungus Cure.
4) Added the liquid API Fungus Cure @ about 75% dosage
5) three years, completely cycled.
One of my figure 8 puffers seemingly has fungus on it's back. Has anyone ever seen a case this severe? He acts normal, eats like a champ as he always has, and there is no aggression between him and his tank inhabitants. It started out as a couple gray patches on his back. I added Fungus Cure to the tank 4 days ago at below the recommended dosage because I didnt want to over-treat as they are scale-less, and it became all white and morphed into one raised patch on his back. I netted him underwater yesterday and today and swabbed some pimafix on the wound. I'm going to do another 50% w/c today and add some carbon to the tank and remove the fungus cure as it has been the four days of recommended treatment. I think I will treat with pimafix. He doesn't seem to be bothered by the wound...he is acting normal, I have just never seen fungus this severe and protruding.
1) ph = 6.5 ( I know, it's really low, but that's what comes out of my tap and the puffers are all three-four years old and have been living in this water for all their lives), ammonia = 0, nitrite = 0, nitrate = 10 ppm, salinity = 1.008. Temp = 80 degrees F
2) 55 gallon. Three figure 8 puffers, one knight goby, two red tailed swordtails.
3) frozen krill, frozen bloodworms, freeze-dried bloodworms, baby clams (occasionally, maybe 2x a month) 50% changes a week, currently Genesis dechlor and liquid API Fungus Cure.
4) Added the liquid API Fungus Cure @ about 75% dosage
5) three years, completely cycled.
One of my figure 8 puffers seemingly has fungus on it's back. Has anyone ever seen a case this severe? He acts normal, eats like a champ as he always has, and there is no aggression between him and his tank inhabitants. It started out as a couple gray patches on his back. I added Fungus Cure to the tank 4 days ago at below the recommended dosage because I didnt want to over-treat as they are scale-less, and it became all white and morphed into one raised patch on his back. I netted him underwater yesterday and today and swabbed some pimafix on the wound. I'm going to do another 50% w/c today and add some carbon to the tank and remove the fungus cure as it has been the four days of recommended treatment. I think I will treat with pimafix. He doesn't seem to be bothered by the wound...he is acting normal, I have just never seen fungus this severe and protruding.