The Puffer Forum

Hello Everyone, My Girlfriend Recently Purchased A DogFace Puffer From Petco.com She Has A 98 Gallon For This Little Guy.
He's Been Acting Strange Though, He Came In The Mail Tuesday And We Settled Him In And He Was Fine, He Didn't Eat until Today But He's Acting Strange His Color Is Getting Dark But Then Gets White Patches. He Also Has What Looks Like A Bite (He Has A Few Bite/Scratches On Him When He Arrived) Next To His Tail And It Has Small White Dots On It, Could This Be Ich? He Has A Lot Of White Spots On His Anal Fin And I'm Sure It Is Ich Because It Is Really Bad..

Can I Use Mardel Coppersafe Because Its All We Have On Hand? I Will Divide The Dose Due To Him Not Having Scales.
Can I House Him In A 20 Gallon Tank To House Him While He Is Being Housed?

Thank You For All Advice

DO NOT USE COPPER ON THAT PUFFER!!!

Please answer ALL the questions above, in red.

Ammonia: 0ppm
pH 8.0
Nitrite: 0ppm
Nitrates: 80ppm

98 Gallon Inhabitants Just Him.

What We've Used In The Tank Is Just Prime And The Salt Was Instant Ocean.

Water Changes 25-50% Weekly (Will Be Adding Skimmer)

We Used Some Older Filter Media That Was Running In Our Other Salt Water Tank For 3-4 Months.

Hope This Helps

Any live rock? She's going to have to do lots of water changes & get that nitrate <20. Should have gotten the skimmer & rock before the puffer. What filter is on there now? What about the substrate?

How long has she had the puffer?

We Will Be Working On That, The Filter Is Marineland BioWheel. The Substrate Is Play Sand. She Has Had Him Since Tuesday

She didn't do much research on keeping SW, huh?