View Full Version : Need help on a puffer!
Pangong_ilong
11-22-2005, 10:34 PM
The puffer, my friend got, has a parassite lodge on his back. How can we remove it? Are the other fish introulbe? Do we have to isolate the puffer?
clare
11-23-2005, 12:59 PM
Which type of puffer and what does the parasite look like-colour,shape,is there any difference in the shape of the tip?
DeLgAdO
11-23-2005, 1:01 PM
got pics?
get pics so we can confirm what it really is
then we'll tell you what to do
Pangong_ilong
11-23-2005, 10:41 PM
returned the puffer to petco.
redtailfool
11-24-2005, 2:00 AM
returned the puffer to petco.
Ben... Tell your "friend" to do research first and before buying a fish
and to thoroughly investigate a specimen before buying.
Mourinho18
11-24-2005, 2:03 AM
and tell him not to buy his fish from petco :D
guppy
11-24-2005, 11:46 AM
did it look like either of these? The skinny one is an anchor worm, they often have two thin egg sack trailing from them, the other is a fish louse. Both can be physically removed by grasping them with forceps and using a firm steady pressure pulling staight away from the fish, do not twist them as this is done or you can leave mouth parts behind to get infected, touching the wound with iodine or hydrogen peroxide after the parasites removal is wise to help prevent bacterial or fungal infection.
benzjamin13
11-24-2005, 1:36 PM
Ben... Tell your "friend" to do research first and before buying a fish
and to thoroughly investigate a specimen before buying.
It's funny...my name is Ben and I have a friend who bought some puffers :grinyes: I helped him set up the tank and acclimated his puffers for him.