krishj39
Active Member
Hi everyone,
I'm still pretty new at keeping an aggressive tank. I never would have guessed it would be more work than my reef aquariums.
I picked up a 6 inch porcupine pufferfish yesterday evening. He looked completely healthy and was active at the LFS who has had it for a few weeks. I put him in the DT and he seemed to be doing well. No, I didn't quarantine, or dip, or anything.
This morning his right eye started clouding up and by this evening, 24 hours later his eye is looking really bad. I had read that these things are fairly common, probably caused by the stress of moving, plus possibly the eye being scratched in the process. However, it's looking pretty bad. I think if he doesn't get the right treatment soon he will at least lose vision in that eye. His other eye still looks totally healthy, and I did another inspection of his body and everything looks fine, except for that right eye. He isn't eating, but that's normal considering he was just added to the tank. He is pretty lifeless, not moving around, but not actually resting on the bottom of the aquarium.
I did a 50% water change yesterday just before adding him to the aquarium. Water quality is fine. Nitrates about 20. He did sit in the bag I carried him home in for a while since I did the water change first, though not outside a normal range for a fish to be in a bag, maybe 3 hours tops. But, by the time I put him in the DT, that bag was pretty filled with poo, which could have caused it too, I guess.
What do I need to do to treat this? The only medication I have on hand is erythromycin. Thanks!
I'm still pretty new at keeping an aggressive tank. I never would have guessed it would be more work than my reef aquariums.
I picked up a 6 inch porcupine pufferfish yesterday evening. He looked completely healthy and was active at the LFS who has had it for a few weeks. I put him in the DT and he seemed to be doing well. No, I didn't quarantine, or dip, or anything.
This morning his right eye started clouding up and by this evening, 24 hours later his eye is looking really bad. I had read that these things are fairly common, probably caused by the stress of moving, plus possibly the eye being scratched in the process. However, it's looking pretty bad. I think if he doesn't get the right treatment soon he will at least lose vision in that eye. His other eye still looks totally healthy, and I did another inspection of his body and everything looks fine, except for that right eye. He isn't eating, but that's normal considering he was just added to the tank. He is pretty lifeless, not moving around, but not actually resting on the bottom of the aquarium.
I did a 50% water change yesterday just before adding him to the aquarium. Water quality is fine. Nitrates about 20. He did sit in the bag I carried him home in for a while since I did the water change first, though not outside a normal range for a fish to be in a bag, maybe 3 hours tops. But, by the time I put him in the DT, that bag was pretty filled with poo, which could have caused it too, I guess.
What do I need to do to treat this? The only medication I have on hand is erythromycin. Thanks!
