thank you very much in advance.Is this fungus?
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Read this before posting!!
Since this board has been up, we have found there are several questions that routinely get asked in order to help diagnose problems. If you can have that information to begin with in your post, we'll be able to help right away (if we can!) without having to wait for you to post the info we need.
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.
2) Tank size and a list of ALL inhabitants. Include algae eaters, plecos, everything. We need to know what you have and how big the tank is.
3) Feeding, water change schedule and a list of all products you are using or have added to the tank (examples: Cycle, Amquel, salt, etc)
4) What changes you've made in the tank in the last week or so. Sometimes its the little things that make all the difference.
5) How long the aquarium has been set up, and how did you cycle it? If you don't know what cycling is read this: Fishless Cycling Article and familiarize yourself with all the information. Yes. All of it.
We want to help, and providing this information will go a LONG way to getting a diagnosis and hopeful cure that much faster.
While you wait for assistance:
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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Peapufflove
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Is this fungus?
Hi everyone, I have my pea puffers for more than a year. Last month I noticed one of my DP’s tail had a blurry spot. It’s been a month now it is eating well fighting well and greeting me whenever I am close to the tank. But today when I looked again I think the blurry part is more white and slightly bigger than before. I’m not sure if I’m imagining it. I can’t tell if it’s ‘cotton’ like fungus as I can’t see any texture or if it’s changing colour. Is this normal? I don’t want to treat it if it’s well… please see photo. She was dancing while I took pictures thank you very much in advance.
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Re: Is this fungus?
I really can't clearly see what you are referring to. Yes, DPs are notoriously difficult to photograph! You can always try treating it with Pimafix.
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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Peapufflove
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Re: Is this fungus?
Thank you Pufferpunk. In the photo there is one faded spot just above the belly. I have attached another photo with a circle. I can still see the shine of the skin so I don’t know if there’s any fungus on it if it’s just a different in skin colour. This one love to be photo! 
not the others though 
not the others though 
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Peapufflove
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Re: Is this fungus?
Here’s another photo. Thank you!
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2 T biocellatus
C valentini
C coranata
C papuan
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lorteti
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suvattii
burrfish
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Re: Is this fungus?
Is the circle raised or flat?
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Peapufflove
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Re: Is this fungus?
It’s flat. But that spot is not as clear as other spots…
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Punkster, the 4" red T miurus
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2 T biocellatus
C valentini
C coranata
C papuan
Also kept:
lorteti
DPs
suvattii
burrfish
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Re: Is this fungus?
It looks like a pufferbite.
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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Peapufflove
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Re: Is this fungus?
Oh… so should I just leave it or move it to hospital tank? She eats and play well so I worried that I might make it worst if move her… thank you!
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Pufferpunk
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Punkster, the 4" red T miurus
Mongo, the 4" A modestus
2 T biocellatus
C valentini
C coranata
C papuan
Also kept:
lorteti
DPs
suvattii
burrfish
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Re: Is this fungus?
She should be fine but you may need to separate the culprit. Is your tank heavily-decorated?
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Peapufflove
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Re: Is this fungus?
I don’t think it’s heavily decorated. Probably about 30-40%
They have been in the same tank for over a year and I can’t tell who the culprit was. Sometimes she’s the one who attack first but most of the time they stay together quite well… hm… could be a one time thing? So tricky!! Wish they could talk!
I will keep an eye on them. Hopefully it won’t get worse. Thank you again!
They have been in the same tank for over a year and I can’t tell who the culprit was. Sometimes she’s the one who attack first but most of the time they stay together quite well… hm… could be a one time thing? So tricky!! Wish they could talk!
I will keep an eye on them. Hopefully it won’t get worse. Thank you again!-
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2 T biocellatus
C valentini
C coranata
C papuan
Also kept:
lorteti
DPs
suvattii
burrfish
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Re: Is this fungus?
How many puffers are in what size tank? Puffers kept in multiples need a heavily decorated tank with lots of broken lines of sight.
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Peapufflove
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Re: Is this fungus?
The tank is 180l, I have 4 puffers and 4 harlequin rasbora. They don’t bother one another and all of them occupy swim across the whole tank. The pea puffer tends to rest in the open water area near the front at night while the rasbora further back in the tank in between some plant.
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Punkster, the 4" red T miurus
Mongo, the 4" A modestus
2 T biocellatus
C valentini
C coranata
C papuan
Also kept:
lorteti
DPs
suvattii
burrfish
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Re: Is this fungus?
If you read that article, peas prefer to live in groups of 6 or more. You certainly have room for many, many more. It will dilute their aggression.
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Peapufflove
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Re: Is this fungus?
Ah!! Thank you! So is it possible for me to add few more now? I think I found the culprit. One of them is more aggressive towards the other three!
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Peapufflove
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Re: Is this fungus?
I just read about re scraping when adding new one. Thank you!