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I have a 12" Fahaka Puffer who has ick
I increased the water from 78 to 85 and added 2 mardi gras cups of salt (190 gallon tank)
I also did a dose of clout Thursday (9:00pm)
This morning (Friday) he is acting more normal (swimming and ate for the first time in a week) but he skin looks the same

Should I do another rounf of clout tonight (24 hrs after first) after a 20% water change?
Or should I use an "ick" treatment? Or just do the 20% water change and keep the heat up?

He was in a 125 long and moved to a 190 gallon 3 weeks ago. The new tank under went a bacterial starter and gold fish.
During the move the water in both tanks dropped to 74ish. He also got a new led light (from light strips to the led).
I think all of these were part of the cause..

Thank you so much!

Just salt and heat, nothing else needed. Daily waterchange and gravel vac also

Thank you for the info.. Should the temperature range from 84-85 for ten days? 20% water change daily? Ok to use the "hot" water form the sink (didnt know if this would be ok due to extra metals in the water heater wall etc). Do I need to do a gravel vac if I have live sand? Sorry for so many questions.

Match the water to the tank temp. Live sand does not exist in f/w. I did 50% daily for a long time with gravel vac. I deal in deg:c so can't help on conversion

Match the water to the tank temp. Live sand does not exist in f/w. I did 50% daily for a long time with gravel vac. I deal in deg:c so can't help on conversion

It would be 28.88-29.44 c... Which is 84-85 f.. What temp did you keep yours (c is ok)

Thank you

How long have you had this fish?
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I got him from Craigslist about 2.5 years ago. He was about 4" when I got him. The previous owner said he was 1.5-2 years old... Life spand is 15+ yrs right?

Yes, that's about right. How do you think the parasite got introduced into the system?

I believe it was a combo of starter gold fish, new tank (stressed) and a heater going out in the process...

Gotcha. For future reference:
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26.5-27 I kept at seemed all good. Pp's link shows the best method available to us. Follow this exactly and he will soon be looking better, just be sure to follow the full treatment.

Puffer looking worse.. Has long strands of slimy white spots hanging from him.. Tried doing a dose of ick guard and it cleared up for about 6 hours before coming back.. Still sit it out? Move him to a new hosiptial tank (hopefully he can fit in a 40 gal) with a new filter and heater?

Was he alone in the larger tank? Is the QT cycled?

Leave him where he is the stress will make him worse. Salt and heat are all you need, mine got a bit worse before getting better. Puffers are very sensitive and some medications can kill. Salt heat and daily gravel vac only