The Puffer Forum

as u know, a couple of weeks ago i posted that my figure eight puffers were flicking against the ornaments.

ive so far treated with white spot, which hasnt helped.

ive treated with a parasite treatment which made no difference.

ive treated with melafix with no joy.

ive raised the temp to 30 degrees and been doing water changes etc.

water stats are as follows
ammonia: 0
nitrite: 0
nitrite: 10
ph: 7.5
Salinity - 0.006 at the mo, going up to 0.008 tomorrow.
temp: 30 degrees.

this week i havent added any treatment at all, but they just seem to be deteriorating... black tummys and their back fins appear to be rotting. theres no whiteness on their fins, its just disappearing slowly.

i cant see any outward marks on them, just flicking against objects.

what else can i try?

they are eating well and seem ok in themselves otherwise.

I find Melafix works best in conjunction with Pimafix. But at this point, if it was my fish, I'd probably try something like Maracyn.

never heard of maracyn will have to have a look around. thanks

Indie do you know whether there are any problems with your water supply? Have you tesetd the tap water and do you know if your water supplier uses Chloramine? Though if you are using a tap water conditioner then that shouldn't be an issue, have a look here maybe

http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/p ... mapper.php