- Have you tested your water?
- No
- If I did not test my water...
- ...I recognize that I will likely be asked to do a test, and that water tests are critical for solving freshwater health problems.
- Do you do water changes?
- Yes
- What percentage of water do you change?
- 61-70%
- How frequently do you change your water?
- Every two weeks
- If I do not change my water...
- ...I recognize that I will likely be recommended to do a water change, and water changes are critical for preventing future freshwater health problems.
So this one has always been the thin puffer, but only recently (in the past few weeks) has it become sickly thin.
The fish still eats normally, but doesn’t really gain weight. I haven’t seen any white stringy poo. It swims rather slowly and wobbly compared to the other puffer. I’m seeing similar symptoms in my molly.
I’ve been treating with metro + focus at the moment, it seems to be helping some but not substantially. Internal parasites seems like it’s most likely the case, but wanted to post on here to confirm and for what you’d recommend treating with.
The molly:
The puffer, another thing to mention is what looks like black veins over by the anal fin - something I’ve only noticed in near-death Amazons I’ve had in the past:
Gotta clip those teeth soon but that doesn’t seem to be the main issue (the other guy has longer teeth and is healthier).
The fish still eats normally, but doesn’t really gain weight. I haven’t seen any white stringy poo. It swims rather slowly and wobbly compared to the other puffer. I’m seeing similar symptoms in my molly.
I’ve been treating with metro + focus at the moment, it seems to be helping some but not substantially. Internal parasites seems like it’s most likely the case, but wanted to post on here to confirm and for what you’d recommend treating with.
The molly:
The puffer, another thing to mention is what looks like black veins over by the anal fin - something I’ve only noticed in near-death Amazons I’ve had in the past:
Gotta clip those teeth soon but that doesn’t seem to be the main issue (the other guy has longer teeth and is healthier).
