The Puffer Forum

Hello,

I had an iusse with ich in one of my tanks, tried the two tanks move method with a yellow cowfish, a green cowfish and a yellow boxfish, all of them initially from the same tank. Kept the fish in quarantine for two months, moved yellow cowfish to a different tank, no issues since then. Put the boxfish and the gree cowfish back into the same tank which was left with no fish for more than 2 months, it was supposed that any ich would die. Turned out to be wrong, ich after couple of weeks maybe a month was back on the greencow and boxfish.

Moved the boxfish into a quarantine tank, died less than 12 hours after. Moved the green cowfish into the quarantine tank, not eating since last 48 hours. Checked water and tank, which is basically just RO, salt and a Marina i25 filter plus heater to keep it at 24 degrees. As expected all water parameters are excelent, what else would you expect from a 24 hours prepared RO water and RedSea salt.

I am suspecting some internal parasites besides ich, anyone have experienced anything like this? There was a post on some forum about a cowfish or boxfish not eating and just lying down at the bottom of the aquarium after an ich outbreak but no reply received to the original post.

No chemicals/medicine has been ever added to any aquarium.

Thank you.

All three fish are very prone to Ich and parasites. They are also very fragile and easily upset fish. All the tank moves may have been too much stress for the boxfish. Give them time to settle, darken the aquarium and make sure the temp isn't too high, keep it on the lower side of normal. What are you using to treat the Ich on these guys?

The cowfish died today about 72 hours after moved to quarantine.

The tank moves has been done months ago and its one of the method to cure ich. They have lived after that for another months and then ich returned to them.

I would rather suspect something in their diet (I only feed them brand products) since I have lost 2 small cowfish, a boxfish and a big cowfish in a matter of days, not all of them part of the same aquarium.

Thank for the interest shown althought no real help (not a thought shared) was provided by any member of this forum community.

We don't really have any boxfish experts here. They are in the same order as puffers, but not the same family. I'm sorry for your loss and troubles. I read your post, but it's not something I could have helped you with.

I believe we have4 had long talks about your stocking issues. I told you the stress would eventually kill them & you chose not to listen. I knew this was inevitable.