New Fish Disease treatment and diagnosis forum. Check it!

[revhtree]

Yes it's about time I know!

Now we have a Fish Disease treatment and diagnosis forum and will be moving threads that pertain to this subject to this forum. If you have questions, concerns, information regarding fish disease and problems please post them here.

Thank you!

 

[revhtree]

Bump!

 

[kschweer]

Awesome! I think this will be great

 

[Mike J.]

Maybe I can help here?

 

[revhtree]

Yea Mike help us! Thanks!

 

[Humblefish]

Maybe I can help here?

We can use all the help we can get in this forum, as oftentimes people start panicking if they don't get a quick answer when faced with a disease problem. Perhaps you could subscribe to this forum to get alerts?

 

[4n2xtacy]

Hey guys my valentini puffer is about to explode. This started a few weeks ago,I noticed he was all puffed up and swimming frantically. I thought he was just doing his puffer thing, but everyday he seem to be expanding even more and more, he seem like he's about to explode. I thought it was overfeeding so I cut down my feeding but that didn't help, my water parameters seem perfect except for my nitrate but research shows that this shouldn't be a problem. Today I noticed there seem to be something protruding from his back it's either part of his fin or something growing from his inside out, or maybe he was stabbed by the shrimps which is highly unlikely.
I don't know what to do, please have anyone experienced anything like this and how do I fix it. He seem to be in so much pain and he's weak. I just quarantined him and he is swimming upside down(pic below). Please help me help him, he's one of my favorite. Everyone else seem to be doing great. I have a snowflake eel, Coral beauty, milinarus wrasse, leopard wrasse, cardinal, 3 fire fishes, and a diamond gobby. I also have 2 feather dusters, 2 gorgonians and a sponge, and of course snails, shrimps and crabs. All in a 75gal, with mechanical filter, hob protein skimmers, and a canister.

 

[EmdeReef]

Sounds like he’s inflated with air. They can not expel air and will swim upside down.

You should try “burping” him by holding him facing up with one hand and gently massaging the stomach with a few gentle pushes with the other hand to try to get it to expel air. Ensure he’s fully submerged while doing this.

#reefsquad?

 

[Jr'sReef]

I’m not sure with a puffer but from a fishing standpoint fish with barotrauma will deflate if pushed back down to their normal depths. The water pressure slowly deflates them. Not sure if maybe holding him towards the bottom of your tank can help him out? Worth a try Maybe