Green spotted Puffer fish

[Jacks oscars]

I have 2 green spotted puffer fish one is fine but one is starting to worry me if anyone knows anything please help the first is the puffer I am worried about the second is the puffer that is fine

 

[Jacks oscars]

It was fine yesterday I have a Video of them eating together and everything

 

[kno4te]

Post ur water quality. Water change schedule? What are u feeding? Did u pretreat with meds? Did you quarantine? Is it being bullied? Are u adding salt to keep the water in a brackish salinity?

Fat Homer

 

[Jacks oscars]

I have slowly been adding salt I try to change 10%-20% a week i feed them blood worms and snails. It is not getting bullied I did not add meds and the water was perfect. What meds do you think would benefit? Thanks for all the help

 

[Jacks oscars]

I just did a small water change so I am hoping that will help

 

[Fat Homer]

If you are looking for Internal Parasite meds, Prazi Pro i think is one of the goto meds for US members...

Just start with half dose first to make sure your fish dont react adversely to it...

Also, just as a heads up, 10-20% water change is really quite minimal, unless you are really under-feeding your puffers and water quality stays top notch...

Otherwise, normally a 50% or more water change is recommended, but again, if parameters are staying well below warning levels, then i guess the 10-20% could be enough for now...

 

[Jacks oscars]

Thanks for all the help he unfortunately he did die I am not sure if it was because of an internal parasite but I was feeding him snails so i am not sure if one was carrying a disease if you have way i can make sure my other one survives please let me know. Thanks again for all the help

 

[Fat Homer]

Thanks for all the help he unfortunately he did die I am not sure if it was because of an internal parasite but I was feeding him snails so i am not sure if one was carrying a disease if you have way i can make sure my other one survives please let me know. Thanks again for all the help

Without knowing water parameters etc, its honestly a bit of a guessing game...

Could be IP’s, stress, being bullied or water quality among other possibilities... so if you can, see what your water quality is like (ammonia / nitrite / nitrate) coz puffers like all scaleless fish are extra sensitive to bad water quality and can be susceptible to other problems as water quality degrades...