joelj Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 I have a spotted congo puffer that arrived on Wednesday. He arrived floating sideways in the bag. He was drip acclimated and put in quarantine tank with another puffer from same shipment. Other puffer is fine. This one cannot stay off bottom of tank. He can push off and take a short trip, but is not at all buoyant and settles at the bottom. He is not eating and is being syringe fed. He is being treated with General cure and is getting epsom salt baths. I've talked to a couple of aquatic vets. One said that I was doing everything that I could. Another said that without x-rays and oral exam no diagnosis could be made, but suggested "Travel trauma, an internal parasite that is too hardy to kill or has done too much damage already, organ failure from lack of calories, foreign body ingested, even a congenital immune system deficiency" were all possibilities. Ammonia is 0 Nitrites are 0 Nitrates are around 5ppm pH is around 7.6 kH is 6 gH is 9 Tank is definitely cycled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenFins Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 The puffer looks skinny. Its probably internal parasites. Treat with API General Cure (at which your already doing) and if that doesn't work try paraclense Cory recomends to deworm/ treat for internal parasites with all wild caught fish (at which 99% of puffers are) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 (edited) Agree that looks like parasites. Api general cure and paraclense have the same ingredients, and that guy looks like he needs some fast intervention. Maybe some one with more puffer experience can weigh in on levamisole for puffers, or some other internal parasite meds. I would agree you are doing the best you can for him. He is going to need to keep eating and hopefully you can catch this, but I think your vets are right. It is going to be tough at this stage. Edited January 20, 2021 by Brandy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 You could treat with prazipro for parasitic infection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tfasano1 Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 Did you ever figure out what was wrong? I just purchased a SCP a week ago and it has the same issue. Trying to work through a resolution. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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