What did we do wrong? - porc puffer
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2022 10:56 am
Hello
I had a porcupine puffer for over 3 years in our tank and I can’t figure out why I woke up this morning and he was gone ): if anyone has any insight that would be appreciated. We plan to completely redo and cycle the tank before getting another porc puffer so I want to make sure we learn our lesson.
When we last took the water measurements two days ago, nitrites were 0. Nitrates were a little high at 40 and ammonia was a little high at 1ppm. The ph was at 8.1. Salinity was 1.021. Yesterday we did a water change to help with the ammonia and nitrates. We also used ammolock to help neutralize it. We were waiting for a new protein skimmer to arrive in the mail.
He was in a 125g tank by himself with sand, live rock, a silk plant and a fake log.
He also as of a week and a half ago had a small piece of cotton looking ball on one spike. We tried to google and it said it was fungus so we did a 7 day treatment cycle of pimafix and melafix. Then per the bottle instructions did a 25% water change after the 7th day.
After the water change last night to help fix his levels, we went to bed and he was still “chasing” us around his tank and seemed in good spirits.
However, we woke up this morning and he was gone. Laying in the bottom of the tank with a black tail. ):
Previously we had dewormed him and treated for parasites (around the time we got him). Last year he appeared to have lock jaw but we were able to force feed him vitamin soaked foods and his jaw healed/he was able to eat again.
I had a porcupine puffer for over 3 years in our tank and I can’t figure out why I woke up this morning and he was gone ): if anyone has any insight that would be appreciated. We plan to completely redo and cycle the tank before getting another porc puffer so I want to make sure we learn our lesson.
When we last took the water measurements two days ago, nitrites were 0. Nitrates were a little high at 40 and ammonia was a little high at 1ppm. The ph was at 8.1. Salinity was 1.021. Yesterday we did a water change to help with the ammonia and nitrates. We also used ammolock to help neutralize it. We were waiting for a new protein skimmer to arrive in the mail.
He was in a 125g tank by himself with sand, live rock, a silk plant and a fake log.
He also as of a week and a half ago had a small piece of cotton looking ball on one spike. We tried to google and it said it was fungus so we did a 7 day treatment cycle of pimafix and melafix. Then per the bottle instructions did a 25% water change after the 7th day.
After the water change last night to help fix his levels, we went to bed and he was still “chasing” us around his tank and seemed in good spirits.
However, we woke up this morning and he was gone. Laying in the bottom of the tank with a black tail. ):
Previously we had dewormed him and treated for parasites (around the time we got him). Last year he appeared to have lock jaw but we were able to force feed him vitamin soaked foods and his jaw healed/he was able to eat again.