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Help I have a GSP about 2yr old water par are

3-21-06 Ph8. Ammonia0.25 Nitrite 0 Nitrate 1 S.G. 1.014 temp 80

Over the last 2 weeks he has developed some gray spots on his stomach and to day he look sick it almost look like ich and with the gray spots he was eating all right his swimming is not normal any ideas help
Richard v

What is your opinion as to why there is any ammonia at all in a tank that is 2 years old? What are you doing when you do water changes? Cleaning in, under & around decor/gravel? How much water, how often do you change?

Can you maybe snap a picture of the spots, or describe them in a bit more detail?

How many spots are there? How big are they? Are they just on his belly?

Ich looks like grains of salt sticking all over their bodies.

The fact that you say they are grey spots on his belly makes it sound like normal puffer colouring that shows up when they are stressed out. You can see grey circular spots on my puffers belly when I'm doing a water change. He doesn't like me messing with his space.

Your water params seem off... You have ammonia, but no nitrite, and only 1 nitrate... That doesn't add up for me. What kind of test kit are you using? How old are they? I suggest you take a sample of water to a local fish store and get them to test it for you.

We'll know more when you answer these questions, and Pufferpunks questions about your water changes.

I lost puff 2 day after my post not sure what happened, what should I do to clean the tank so I can start over. And what do you all think about dwarf puffer ?
Thanks for you help over the last 2 yr.

no taker on best way to clean tank?
Richard v

oxyclean, or a weak bleach solution and a lot of rinsing.

or backing soda and a lot of scrubbing.