Sick GSP
Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2014 3:59 am
I have a 30 gallon brackish tank. Sand/lots of plants and coves.
1 GSP
1 Leopard Puffer
Tank:
pH: 7.4
Ammonia: 0
Nitrites: 0
Nitrates: 0
Specific Gravity: 1.004 (newly introduced to brackish about 2 weeks ago)
Temp: 82
Two days ago I found one of my LPPs dead. Belly white and rounded. Color was good. No signs of injury or distress.
I did a water change.
The next day, there was a horrendous smell and I noticed that my water, while clear, was yellowish. The filter had a white, almost creamy substance on it.
The other two puffers would not eat anything. Bloodworms, snails, green peas, brine shrimp.
The GSP's stomach was black and he was lethargic and laying on the bottom. The other puffer looked normal but wouldn't eat.
I did a complete water change. Scrubbed the filter and the tank sides.
Refilled the tank and the puffers seemed a bit better.
However, today, the GSP is surface swimming and while his belly is not longer black, he is grayish from the end of his belly to his tail where there is a blackish stripe. The other puffer is alternating from the bottom to the top of the tank. Neither will eat, yet their bellies look like they have eaten recently. The GSP has labored breathing.
I have tried Melafix. Salt. And last night, I did the first dose of the parasite medication.
Does anyone has any ideas as to what I should try next, or what may be the issue? I am always "saving" the GSPs at Walmart where they're bellies are sunken in and they are completely black bellied. However, when I do so, they are in a separate tank. I have never seen anything like this though....
Thanks so much for any and all help!
1 GSP
1 Leopard Puffer
Tank:
pH: 7.4
Ammonia: 0
Nitrites: 0
Nitrates: 0
Specific Gravity: 1.004 (newly introduced to brackish about 2 weeks ago)
Temp: 82
Two days ago I found one of my LPPs dead. Belly white and rounded. Color was good. No signs of injury or distress.
I did a water change.
The next day, there was a horrendous smell and I noticed that my water, while clear, was yellowish. The filter had a white, almost creamy substance on it.
The other two puffers would not eat anything. Bloodworms, snails, green peas, brine shrimp.
The GSP's stomach was black and he was lethargic and laying on the bottom. The other puffer looked normal but wouldn't eat.
I did a complete water change. Scrubbed the filter and the tank sides.
Refilled the tank and the puffers seemed a bit better.
However, today, the GSP is surface swimming and while his belly is not longer black, he is grayish from the end of his belly to his tail where there is a blackish stripe. The other puffer is alternating from the bottom to the top of the tank. Neither will eat, yet their bellies look like they have eaten recently. The GSP has labored breathing.
I have tried Melafix. Salt. And last night, I did the first dose of the parasite medication.
Does anyone has any ideas as to what I should try next, or what may be the issue? I am always "saving" the GSPs at Walmart where they're bellies are sunken in and they are completely black bellied. However, when I do so, they are in a separate tank. I have never seen anything like this though....
Thanks so much for any and all help!