willis Posted April 25, 2008 Report Share Posted April 25, 2008 (edited) i got home today found my puffer(was still healthy the day before) having one eye covered by a trans-white membrane looking thing, and big white spots on once green body. the surface of its body is kinda slimy and the sand substrate are sticking onto the puffer's body. HOW CAN I SAVE IT!!? update: it's not swimming now, just barely breathing. Edited April 25, 2008 by willis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Chicklets Posted April 25, 2008 Report Share Posted April 25, 2008 i got home today found my puffer(was still healthy the day before)having one eye covered by a trans-white membrane looking thing, and big white spots on once green body. the surface of its body is kinda slimy and the sand substrate are sticking onto the puffer's body. HOW CAN I SAVE IT!!? update: it's not swimming now, just barely breathing. Have you got salt in the water? what is the temperature of the tank? Exactly what type of puffer is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatpuffer Posted April 25, 2008 Report Share Posted April 25, 2008 We will need more info on your puffs. 1. What kind of puffer is it? size? 2. What kind of tank, filtration? 3. Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrate, and Salinity, temp? Do a big water change. Make sure that the temp and water condition are the same as the old water. I had similar thing happened to my turgidus. Cloudy eyes and the body of the puffer becoming "slimey and sticky." It was the heater. The water temp dropped to about 15 degrees Celsius. He made a quick recovery by slowly increasing the temp. Good luck and answer those questions. Jonah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willis Posted April 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2008 i got home today found my puffer(was still healthy the day before)having one eye covered by a trans-white membrane looking thing, and big white spots on once green body. the surface of its body is kinda slimy and the sand substrate are sticking onto the puffer's body. HOW CAN I SAVE IT!!? update: it's not swimming now, just barely breathing. thanks to everyone's help, i quickly made a big water change right after i posted the problem, poor little puffer didnt make it to the morning, i checked the ph: 7.5 , n level is 0 ppm, temp: 26 it was a Tetraodon nigroviridis (5 cm) so i had salt in there as well...... it was doing ok the first few days and it all went down in matter of one day, and all other fish seem to be fine, i have 2 feeder guppies, a flounder , and 3 ghost shirmps in there. any recommendations you expers can give me if i am to attemp keeping another one? thank you. willis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatpuffer Posted April 26, 2008 Report Share Posted April 26, 2008 T. nigroviridis aka. green spotted puffer requires brackish water while juvies and high-brackish to marine as adult. What was your salinity? What type of salt were you using? How fast did you increase the salinity? Here are some info on gsp: http://www.thepufferforum.com/forum/ug.php...T_Nigroviridis/ Jonah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willis Posted April 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2008 T. nigroviridis aka. green spotted puffer requires brackish water while juvies and high-brackish to marine as adult. What was your salinity? What type of salt were you using? How fast did you increase the salinity?Here are some info on gsp: http://www.thepufferforum.com/forum/ug.php...T_Nigroviridis/ Jonah thank you for your help jonah! well i talked to the fish people when i bought it, and he just told me to put 2 soup spoon of salt in a 10g tank, not much information, but i guess partly because i am also quite inexperienced... i used instant ocean sea salt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatpuffer Posted April 27, 2008 Report Share Posted April 27, 2008 get yourself at the very least a hydrometer to measure the salinity. Good luck and pm me if you have anymore questions. Jonah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willis Posted April 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2008 get yourself at the very least a hydrometer to measure the salinity. Good luck and pm me if you have anymore questions.Jonah ok~! thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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