Naps tang with hole in side

[kenziejlooft]

My blue tabs is stressed because I took his hide out with I was cleaning my box fish is also a tad bit stressed

 

[fishguy242]

keep in dark as soon as done cleaning ,let them relax

 

[kenziejlooft]

okay I will do that he’s pretty dark when lights are out but colors up when lights come on I almost want to keep the lights out all the time to let them relax and just keep on a couple of hours but I don’t know if that would stress them out

 

[fishguy242]

the Dr's will come early in morn ,hopefully sooner..

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Wow - that is a really severe wound. Any idea how it started? I don't trust green puffers, they are really nippy.

In the first picture, the water looks cloudy and I can't tell if the spots are on the glass or on the fish or both.


Can you post a short video?

Jay

 

[Idoc]

.. post deleted... info on post was corrected.

 

[kenziejlooft]

WHOA!!! Never use Prime with Copper! It makes the ammonia even more deadly to the fish! You gotta do a water change asap!

Coppersafe can be used with prime I looked it up before using

 

[vetteguy53081]

Just saw this now myself- my gosh
I would bet a combination of water quality and the puffer likely tearing at the flesh is causing this.

with cloudy water and all those zero readings, I’m assuming that you’re using API test kits?

WTer change should help, and I suggest to remove puffer temporarily. If you really want to know if puffer is causing issues, set your phone on video mode and walk away for 30-40 minutes. Come back and review video and you’ll see if any is going after this flesh

 

[kenziejlooft]

Just saw this now myself- my gosh
I would bet a combination of water quality and the puffer likely tearing at the flesh is causing this.

with cloudy water and all those zero readings, I’m assuming that you’re using API test kits?

WTer change should help, and I suggest to remove puffer temporarily. If you really want to know if puffer is causing issues, set your phone on video mode and walk away for 30-40 minutes. Come back and review video and you’ll see if any is going after this flesh

The only thing I saw bother him was the blue tang it would fight with him about the hide it would rub his bottom fin against his the puffers are pretty scared if the fish because they were in qt for a month and a half no issues and then this time there was a issue

 

[vetteguy53081]

The only thing I saw bother him was the blue tang it would fight with him about the hide it would rub his bottom fin against his the puffers are pretty scared if the fish because they were in qt for a month and a half no issues and then this time there was a issue

Yeah and on each side of its tail is a sword-like knife

 

[Idoc]

Coppersafe can be used with prime I looked it up before using

I stand corrected! I did some additional research and it seems this is no longer an issue with CopperSafe or CopperPower! It is still a danger to use Prime with Cupramine copper, evidently. Thanks for bringing this to my attention!

 

[piranhaman00]

Almost looks like NH4 burn.