The Puffer Forum

Hi everyone,
My DP has developed a sore on his mouth about a week ago. It looks almost like he was rubbing his nose up against the side too much. I watched it carefully and did some extra water changes. It got a little bigger and then died down to a smaller size. It's still present though. Do you think I should medicate? I wish I could get a pic, but thats pretty much impossible with my camera and the DP's.

All important questions:
1) Ammonia 0, Nitrite 0, nitrates about 10ppm

2) 10g with 2dps, 2 ghost shrimp, 1 cherry shrimp.

3.) I feed live black worms once a day mon-sat with Sunday for fasting. Only product I use is Prime. I do water changes on Friday of 50%

4.) No changes other than some decorations being moved on cleaning day.

5.) aquarium was set up in October. fishless cycling.

Thanks in advance,

Jess

API's Melafix is good first aid for damaged tissue, & they also make Pimafix for fungal problems if you suspect that fungus is present.
The two can be used in combination.
Parameters look good, but keep doing water changes. Can't hurt! Always seems to help!

Thanks for responding Eieio, I did my water change today like normal, conditioned with prime and added Melafix and Pimafix per the instructions. For some reason though, the puffer who has the bump seems to be stressing out. His face colors are changing pretty frequently. The coloration looks the same as when I'm cleaning the tank, so I know it's a sign of stress. Is there anything else I should be doing other than the melafix/pimafix?

I added another airstone on suggestion from Dadof4 and it seems to be helping. thanks!