Christian Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 Ok i just got this dogface puffer from the aqua dome and it did not have ick intill i put it in my tank. What should I do. need help fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewT Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 get some kick ich or you could try a fw dip. do you have him in your 55? a 55 may be on the small side for a dog face puffer they get pretty big Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted July 4, 2009 Author Share Posted July 4, 2009 ya he's in the 55 i had to move all my corals out of the tank. sucks my parents wanted it, so they got it. what is the fw dip & kick ick? will he eat snails and hermits? also will he mess with my feather duster, so far he's left it alon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted July 4, 2009 Author Share Posted July 4, 2009 Any one wana help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooks Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 It is very possible that it is from stress... And don't use Kick Ich if you have corals... it contains copper which will demolish your corals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted July 4, 2009 Author Share Posted July 4, 2009 ok I think for tonight i'm not going to do any thing to treat it but if it still lasts for mor than 2 days I'll treat it. with some thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewT Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 yeah forgot to throw that in there i just assumed that since theyre not reef safe you had it in a fowlr tank. i think a dip may stress it even more id go with the ick treatment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill B Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 Having most of my experience, in FW, I must admit I am still not comfortable with treating SW ich. Fortunately I haven't had to do it much. There is definitely a school of treatment which says don't treat the ich but treat the fish. This would be adding garlic (I used Kent garlic extreme) and Vitamin C (I didn't augment). The idea is to try to boost the fish's immunity to try to fight the ich rather than kill the ich. I have had very good results when I caught the ich early, which I would judge your puffer as, and poor results, when the outbreak was worse (probably the 2nd generation of infestation). You will also want to keep the water as pristine as possible. I believe puffer pretty much eat anything they can get their mouths on - crabs, shrimps, snails, small fish etc. I don't know about the featherdusters but I'm guessing they might at least try them, which would be fatal to the featherduster even if it didn't eat it all. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted July 5, 2009 Author Share Posted July 5, 2009 well it still has Ick so I gess i have to treat it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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