Help With Puffer - Page 2 - Aquarium Advice

Kurt_Nelson · 03-07-2007, 10:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Sadielynn

NO COPPER MEDS EVER WITH PUFFERS!!!! Instead try hyposalinity, slowly lower the sg on the tank a few points for a couple of weeks until the ick is gone (ick can’t live in lower salinity levels) when the parasite is dead raise the sg back to normal.

Interesting... they say to use hyposalinity! Go figure!

ken_wied · 03-11-2007, 03:50 AM

Well..... I set up the QT tank and put the puffer in there with regular saltwater for a few days, and he got his appetite back. RELIEF! Now, every 2 days I'm dropping the salinity a little bit, as to not shock him more than already has been done. There are a couple spots on one fin, but that is about it.

**roka64** · 03-11-2007, 11:01 AM

Cool, sounds good. Keep us posted.

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03-11-2007, 03:50 AM	#12
ken_wied Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Green Bay, WI Posts: 83 Images: 2	Well..... I set up the QT tank and put the puffer in there with regular saltwater for a few days, and he got his appetite back. RELIEF! Now, every 2 days I'm dropping the salinity a little bit, as to not shock him more than already has been done. There are a couple spots on one fin, but that is about it.