Emergency puffer issue

[lion king]

General cure in water column? What do i do about loosing bacteria?

Fresh water dip last might, looked like a bunch of sand droooed off? He was very active in the tub. Added him back to the tank, he got extremely mad. Then alot of white string poop came out.

Day 6 without eating.

Im still looking at potential ich maybe or hope not velvet.

Paraguard with fresh dip in a mins. Fresh water dipping every 12hrs

White stringy poo is an idicator of internal psrasites. The description of sand coming off in a feshwate dip sounds a little like it might be flukes. GC is not going to effect your bacteria to a negative end. I will say this, the longer you wait, the more it will be too late. I would immediately start gc.

 

[Lowkey reefing]

White stringy poo is an idicator of internal psrasites. The description of sand coming off in a feshwate dip sounds a little like it might be flukes. GC is not going to effect your bacteria to a negative end. I will say this, the longer you wait, the more it will be too late. I would immediately start gc.

On it now, at the store as we speak. Any other meds i should push?

 

[lion king]

On it now, at the store as we speak. Any other meds i should push?

Be careful of any interreactionz, I personally wouldn't mix gc with anything. Although gc does contain prazi, if that was flukes, you may need to follow up with prazi pro, i think it's Because of the eggs.

 

[Lowkey reefing]

Be careful of any interreactionz, I personally wouldn't mix gc with anything. Although gc does contain prazi, if that was flukes, you may need to follow up with prazi pro, i think it's Because of the eggs.

Copy on that,

So this morning 5 min frehwater dip with para guard. Added GC to tank, and soaked him prazi for an hour bath. Hes very active now, seems like his old self...

 

[Lowkey reefing]

Copy on that,

So this morning 5 min frehwater dip with para guard. Added GC to tank, and soaked him prazi for an hour bath. Hes very active now, seems like his old self...

Whats this i hear on an H2O2 dip? I cant really figure out the exact benefits

 

[NeonRabbit221B]

I don’t know if it’s a bath or tank dosing for h2o2 but it’s a experimental treatment for velvet I believe

 

[Lowkey reefing]

I don’t know if it’s a bath or tank dosing for h2o2 but it’s a experimental treatment for velvet I believe

Oooh okay,

I doubt velvet is my issue here. If so i think the fish would DOA by now.

 

[Lowkey reefing]

General cure in the water column would be a good place to start, I agree.

Thanks for the advice. Added in today, ill update as the hours tick by.

 

[Lowkey reefing]

I don’t know if it’s a bath or tank dosing for h2o2 but it’s a experimental treatment for

I don't think im headed down the velvet rabbit hole just yet fingerscrossed... but at this point who knows. It just doesnt seem like that to me. So i wont venture into a H2o2 dip then.

 

[Lowkey reefing]

@lion king

Still isn't taking good, any ideas on what to do, or will it take for the General cure to start an appetite.

I mean, should i consider force feeding?

 

[Lowkey reefing]

@Jay Hemdal

Hey seen someone tagged you, can you review and possibly advise on the situation? I would greatly appreciate

Ill take any advice i can get.

 

[lion king]

@lion king

Still isn't taking good, any ideas on what to do, or will it take for the General cure to start an appetite.

I mean, should i consider force feeding?

As long as he isn't displaying extreme stress, let it ride, you only started it yesterday. You do 2nd dose after 2 days. Depending on the severity it may take a few days, and with some fish, the meds themself can effect appetite. Honestly their is nothing you can do except to ride it out. Offer live grass shtimp, clams on the 1/2 shell, scallops on the 1/2 shell, stuff likr that.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

@Jay Hemdal

Hey seen someone tagged you, can you review and possibly advise on the situation? I would greatly appreciate

Ill take any advice i can get.

I think what @lion king said - let it continue with the GC treatment. One thing you can do is to get a respiration rate on the fish - count the number of times it breathes in 15 seconds and multiple by 4. Let me know the number....

Jay

 

[Lowkey reefing]

I think what @lion king said - let it continue with the GC treatment. One thing you can do is to get a respiration rate on the fish - count the number of times it breathes in 15 seconds and multiple by 4. Let me know the number....

Jay

I got 72 for a rate

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

I got 72 for a rate

That's really not too fast for a puffer - 60 would be normal. I'd give the GC more time to work.

Jay

 

[Lowkey reefing]

Kinda what hes looking like right now. More hanging out on the sand and rocks.

Should i continue the fresh water dips. Paraguard dips and prazi dips or just leave him alone on the GC?

 

[Lowkey reefing]

Kinda what hes looking like right now. More hanging out on the sand and rocks.

Should i continue the fresh water dips. Paraguard dips and prazi dips or just leave him alone on the GC?

I noticed some nasty ordeal on the tail fin that has developed in the last few days. Looks like an ulcer of some sort.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

I noticed some nasty ordeal on the tail fin that has developed in the last few days. Looks like an ulcer of some sort.

Dips are highly overrated as cures- static baths are always better. I use FW dips to diagnose flukes, but never use paragard as a dip, and praziquantel needs to be dosed very high if used as a dip (10 mg/l for a couple of hours).
The tail issue could be bacterial, possibly from too much handling. The GC is still the way to go, but you may need to add antibiotic due to the fin issue.
Jay