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I have a puff that got sucked up while I was at work on 2-9-06 by one of my powerheads. I had the cone and strainer adaptor on it but it was just too strong for hiim when he was puffed up. There is alot of current in my 220 gallon to keep from having dead spots. He hasn't eaten since the accident. His teeth are not over grown, and I do vary his diet daily from, shrim,squid,krill,ghostshrimp,mussels, and snails. I have been treating him with melafix and pimafix also putting Zoe in water hoping he is getting some nutrients form it. His skin has went back to its normal shape now, but his skin where he was sucked up is pealing off and looks like it is growing new light pink skin under neath the white dead skin. There are little copepods all over him on the wound. I don't know if this is helping or hurting him by being on him. I just started treating him for Ick that he broke out with yesterday. My local fish stores saltwater guys said to treat him with coppermine. I am doing so and seems to be killing the ick. But I'm only giving him half dose at a time since he is scaleless and have turned up the water and put an air stone on a powerhead to increase oxygen. Has anyone had this happen to a fish. He is also going to the bathroom and it is a white brittle looking substance that falls apart once it leaves his body. It isn't the sand that is in the tank. For a fish that hasn't eaten since 2-8-06 he is still pretty fat and not sunken in looking. Yesterday he swam around quite a bit until he got in the area where the powerheads are at especially where there is bubbles, he acted like the water flow or bubbles hurt his stomach he kinda flinched then swam back to the top of his rock cave where he hung out all night. I would appreciate any advice or infor on this situation. Puffer owners please make sure you have a foam block or something keeping your puffer away from your powerheads. I learned the hard way. My tank is SG at 1.023 temp 82, everything else is at 0. ???
I have a puff that got sucked up while I was at work on 2-9-06 by one of my powerheads. I had the cone and strainer adaptor on it but it was just too strong for hiim when he was puffed up. There is alot of current in my 220 gallon to keep from having dead spots. He hasn't eaten since the accident. His teeth are not over grown, and I do vary his diet daily from, shrim,squid,krill,ghostshrimp,mussels, and snails. I have been treating him with melafix and pimafix also putting Zoe in water hoping he is getting some nutrients form it. His skin has went back to its normal shape now, but his skin where he was sucked up is pealing off and looks like it is growing new light pink skin under neath the white dead skin. There are little copepods all over him on the wound. I don't know if this is helping or hurting him by being on him. I just started treating him for Ick that he broke out with yesterday. My local fish stores saltwater guys said to treat him with coppermine. I am doing so and seems to be killing the ick. But I'm only giving him half dose at a time since he is scaleless and have turned up the water and put an air stone on a powerhead to increase oxygen. Has anyone had this happen to a fish. He is also going to the bathroom and it is a white brittle looking substance that falls apart once it leaves his body. It isn't the sand that is in the tank. For a fish that hasn't eaten since 2-8-06 he is still pretty fat and not sunken in looking. Yesterday he swam around quite a bit until he got in the area where the powerheads are at especially where there is bubbles, he acted like the water flow or bubbles hurt his stomach he kinda flinched then swam back to the top of his rock cave where he hung out all night. I would appreciate any advice or infor on this situation. Puffer owners please make sure you have a foam block or something keeping your puffer away from your powerheads. I learned the hard way. My tank is SG at 1.023 temp 82, everything else is at 0. ???
