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Hello all! I got a new hairy puffer in the mail today . So far she is swimming around happy and being fairly active. Right now she is 2 inches and is already showing a good amount of hair on her face. I am very happy that I chose this puffer. I have never seen such an amazing and beautiful fish.

Now the bad is that she has a tiny white hairy looking spot between her dorsal fin and body. I've heard from other members this could be a fungus. I noticed a little piece of this white spot is sticking up off the body and blows around in the current like a little hair.

Please help!!! I want to be precise about treating the problem and dont want to lose me new puffer

Here are two links

The 1st shows the puffer and the 2nd shows the white spot. You have to look closely. Sorry this is the best I could do.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oforyEGnVjw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auNeXBdd1O0


Almost forgot...

40 gallon. Using tetra liquid test kits.
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrates 12.5

It is on the right side of the puffer. So that would be her right side.


Just watched the videos full screen and you can actually see the white spot pretty good in both videos. Watch it full screen for a better view.

You're right, a very beautiful & healthy specimen! I'd just add Melafix & Pimafix & keep the water pristine.

congrat on the new guy and I sure you will get everything fix up. Good luck with him.

I was wondering where did you order the little guy from. a hairy puffer is on the top of my short list of puffer i really would like to take care of

Mach,
Thanks for posting here Congrats on the new puffer and very good quality vids.

With PP's advice I am confidant that you can get this worked out

My goodness MachMe, you got a really beautiful Baileyi!! I don't even think mine is that pretty and I love mine alot, and besides, mine has almost no hairs on the face, so you've done very well, fantastic specimen of a Hairy puffer.
A few months back, my Baileyi got a fungus and it was quite bad at one point, but through using Melafix and Pimafix, it went away fairly quickly. The only thing I would add is that you might want to put an airstone in the tank if you don't already have one (sorry I wasn't paying attention to that when I watched the vid, was too busy staring at that very beautiful puffer you have there).
All in all, I'm sure you will get it sorted, and I think you are very lucky to have such a gorgeous puffer! Well done!

Thanks for all the nice comments!!! I'm very excited and she ate her first nightcrawler today.

Can I overdose the tank at all? On the bottles of pimafix and melafix it says 4 teaspoons per 10gallons. So I put 4 teaspoons of each liquid into the buckets of freshwater when I was doing a water change.

Is that too much?

Yes, you can & I have. Killed everything. I use the large pond-sized gallon bottle. Maybe it's more concentrated, because I use 1 drop/g.

So do you think I overdosed the tank? The brand is API. I used the recommended dose for pimafix and the recommended dose for melafix. 4 teaspoons of each = 8 teaspoons total. That is 1 teaspoon of each liquid per 10 gallons. Its a 40 gallon tank.

Maybe I should do a water change?

40g tanks never hold 40g of water. I'd do a 25% WC.

Ok. Do you recommend I dose the tank tomorrow as instructed on the bottle. Maybe cut the dose in half.

dmond31 wrote:congrat on the new guy and I sure you will get everything fix up. Good luck with him.

I was wondering where did you order the little guy from. a hairy puffer is on the top of my short list of puffer i really would like to take care of

Are you selling an immaculate puffer on aquabid? I got mine from wetspot in Oregon.

You may dose daily. You may also do daily WC.

Ok so I might be being over critical but she is breathing very heavily and fast. Kinda opening her mouth between breaths. Is that normal?

what an awesome puffer hope all works out for you.