New FG8s and IPs.
Posted: Mon May 01, 2017 7:35 pm
Hello, first post here, though I have read a lot from the forums before setting up this tank, specifically Pufferpunk's "The Figure Eight Puffer; Colorful, Comical, Compact Fish." Very helpful. Thank you.
I kept and still keep South American dwarf cichlids before I got the puffer fish bug. I started with three Marineland Portraits with a single DP inside each before I purchased my Figure Eights. After a long fishless cycle done with pure ammonia, I bought them from LiveAquaria, and have had them for 1.5 weeks and as of now they seem fine. Swimming. Hunting. Eating (ramshorn snails that I breed, clams, and bloodworms). Feces looks normal from what I can tell, though I've only seen 1 of the three have a BM, the plumper of the three. And here lies my concern. One out of the three, its belly stays plump, while the other two seem to thin out in between meals. Should I be concerned for possible internal parasites? And if so what would be the best proactive tactic to treating possible parasites. I have on hand Prazipro, metronidazole, Levamisole HCI. I don't want to treat them unnecessarily, but also don't want to wait till too much damage has been done. Any suggestions would be wonderful.
60 Gallon. 3 Figure Eights. 5 Bumble Bee Gobies. 2 Dalmatian Mollies. 65% Weekly water changed. Zero ammonia and nitrites. Haven't tested nitrates. SG 1.006-7. Fishless cycled.Running for two months, but only had fish in it for a week and a half.
I kept and still keep South American dwarf cichlids before I got the puffer fish bug. I started with three Marineland Portraits with a single DP inside each before I purchased my Figure Eights. After a long fishless cycle done with pure ammonia, I bought them from LiveAquaria, and have had them for 1.5 weeks and as of now they seem fine. Swimming. Hunting. Eating (ramshorn snails that I breed, clams, and bloodworms). Feces looks normal from what I can tell, though I've only seen 1 of the three have a BM, the plumper of the three. And here lies my concern. One out of the three, its belly stays plump, while the other two seem to thin out in between meals. Should I be concerned for possible internal parasites? And if so what would be the best proactive tactic to treating possible parasites. I have on hand Prazipro, metronidazole, Levamisole HCI. I don't want to treat them unnecessarily, but also don't want to wait till too much damage has been done. Any suggestions would be wonderful.
60 Gallon. 3 Figure Eights. 5 Bumble Bee Gobies. 2 Dalmatian Mollies. 65% Weekly water changed. Zero ammonia and nitrites. Haven't tested nitrates. SG 1.006-7. Fishless cycled.Running for two months, but only had fish in it for a week and a half.
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