Higher temp and salt or?

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1) Your water parameters - pH, Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrates and salinity (if appropriate). This is by far the most important information you can provide! Do not answer this with "Fine" "Perfect" "ok", that tells us nothing. We need hard numbers.

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One of the easiest and best ways to help your fish feel better is clean water! If you are already on a regular water change schedule (50% weekly is recommended) a good step to making your fish more comfortable while waiting for diagnosis/suggestions is to do a large water change immediately. Feel free to repeat daily or as often as you can, clean water is always a good thing! Use of Amquel or Prime as a dechlor may help with any ammonia or nitrite issues, and is highly recommended.

Note - if you do not normally do large water changes, doing a sudden, large water change could shock your fish by suddenly changing their established water chemistry. Clean water is still your first goal, so in this case, do several smaller (10%) water changes over the next day or two before starting any large ones.
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Higher temp and salt or?

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Hi all,

I have had this Amazon puffer about two weeks, about a week ago the first white spot started.
I knew it would probably come.

Is up the heat to 28 and add table salt still a go to? Been a few years once my arrow head puffer.


200l aquarium
Planted
Set up over a year
307 with sponge and media
50% every week
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Re: Higher temp and salt or?

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No, that is old-school & is harmful to the fish. Better to use Ich-X. Do you only have 1 puffer?
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...

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Pufferpunk wrote: Tue Dec 27, 2022 4:36 pm No, that is old-school & is harmful to the fish. Better to use Ich-X. Do you only have 1 puffer?
Hi,
Saw you’d surguested that but doesn’t seem easy to find in the U.K.?

Yeah one Amazon in there, was either one or a bunch of 6 but they’re about £20 each near me! A school Of them would be nice though
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You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...

"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
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Hmmm I see, that’s a very good article, goes against what most information says on them RE numbers.

Not saying it wrong I feel it’s probably the most up to date one and very well written.

Just a bit upset i didn’t see that exact one in the many I read! :(


I’ll endever to find some more healthy ones and get some more. I do have a 200l that’s well planted so Atleast the little lonely one has plenty to keep busy with.

I did see some in a local shop at £15 each but they look real skinny and poor sadly :(
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I couldn’t find ICH-X in the U.K. so popped into pets at home and got there love fish version which has what I believe are the same active ingredients (forhalimide)
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Due to give the second dose today (4 days) will do it after the 50% water change.
Could still see white spots last night though :( hopefully time will heal it.
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Re: Higher temp and salt or?

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You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...

"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
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