Valentine puffer breathing heavily, laying on bottom

[bjmartie]

Yesterday he was perfectly fine. He is im a 55 gallon FOWLR tank.

Woke up this morning and he was laying on the sand bed breathing heavily.

Was able to get him out and into qt tank.

Should i add anything to his water or food? It almost looks like he has a bruise on his nose..

 

[bjmartie]

Ammonia 0
Ph 7.8
Nitrate 20

 

[bjmartie]

 

[bjmartie]

Should i dose some copper? I have seachem cupramine

I also have some microbe lift, harbtana and artemiss

 

[bjmartie]

#fishmedic
All other fish are fine.

 

[Jekyl]

Need others to weigh in on this but you should not use Cupramine. If copper is needed you will need either copper power or coppersafe

 

[bjmartie]

I do have some fritz copper safe as well.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Yesterday he was perfectly fine. He is im a 55 gallon FOWLR tank.

Woke up this morning and he was laying on the sand bed breathing heavily.

Was able to get him out and into qt tank.

Should i add anything to his water or food? It almost looks like he has a bruise on his nose..

How do the other fish look?

This fish has some sort of infection, probably protozoan, possibly velvet.

When a fish goes to the
Bottom and is breathing fast like this, it is usually not possible to get a treatment working in time to save it, but coppersafe in a treatment tank would be what I would try.

 

[bjmartie]

How do the other fish look?

This fish has some sort of infection, probably protozoan, possibly velvet.

When a fish goes to the
Bottom and is breathing fast like this, it is usually not possible to get a treatment working in time to save it, but coppersafe in a treatment tank would be what I would try.

All other fishing are swimming around and doing well.

 

[bjmartie]

How do the other fish look?

This fish has some sort of infection, probably protozoan, possibly velvet.

When a fish goes to the
Bottom and is breathing fast like this, it is usually not possible to get a treatment working in time to save it, but coppersafe in a treatment tank would be what I would try.

All the other fish are looking good. Should i try and get them all into QT and does copper safe?

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

All the other fish are looking good. Should i try and get them all into QT and does copper safe?

I would be prepared to move the fish and treat with coppersafe, but don't actually pull the trigger on doing that unless the existing fish begin to show symptoms (watch them carefully a few times a day so that this doesn't sneak up on you).