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1) Your water parameters - 7.6 pH, 0 Ammonia, 0 Nitrite, 0 Nitrates. Salinity is 1.000 (FW) as its a new puffer and the store kept it in FW.

2) 15 gallon quarantine tank, Ceylon puffer

3) feeding: earthworms, shrimp. 90% daily water change. Praziquantel and metrodinazole

4) no changes, new puffer

5) tank has been set up for 5 days, established filter from another tank is used.

When i got the puffer, he already had this white spot, however as the days goes by, it seems like something is growing on that spot, its looks kinda like a tissue, is it just an injured puffer thats recovering its tissue or some kind of diseases?

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I am still in the process of quarantining and deworming this new ceylon puffer. His behaviour is the same since i got him, very active, ferocious appetite. No abormal or lethargic behaviour. Any help would be great

It does appear to be a fungus, possibly due to an injury. You can try Pimafiz/Melafix or go stronger with Meth Blue treatment. I'd also get the SG to at least 1.004, as long as the QT isn't cycled anyway.

Pufferpunk wrote: ↑Wed Jan 19, 2022 9:51 am It does appear to be a fungus, possibly due to an injury. You can try Pimafiz/Melafix or go stronger with Meth Blue treatment. I'd also get the SG to at least 1.004, as long as the QT isn't cycled anyway.

Thank you for the reply puffer punk! Unfortunately its kinda hard to find pimafix and melafix. We do have our own local version of these medicines but i don't trust them. I saw that 1 tbsp per 3 gallon of water is going to help fight off the fungus, but the ceylon puffer is sharing its qurantine tank with a new dragon puffer (Pao palembangensis) which is pure freshwater because im treating them both for worms. They are separated with a divider. Is the salt going to be bad for the dragon puffer?

Should be fine.

Pufferpunk wrote: ↑Thu Jan 20, 2022 3:21 pm Should be fine.

Thanks for your advice! Now the fungus is almost gone, however i see him breathing only through one gill. He is only using the gills that is on the side of the fungus infection. Is this normal behaviour?

As long as the water parameters are good, it's perfectly normal.