Sick puffer..

ca161406

ca161406

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well for the past few days one of my GSPs has been pretty bad looking. his belly is staying dark, hes breathing heavy an not eating. my other GSP has even brought hunks of food to him at the bottom of the tank. hes pretty much staying in one place and looks pretty lethargic. any ideas on what to do?
 
ca161406

ca161406

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mix of freeze dried shrimp, raw clams and scallops. small portions 2x a day one in the morn. once at night
hes getting skinny from not eating for the past 2 days i thought they can go a while without eating but hes getting very small
 
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ok ive been checking on him and now he isnt laying as much but kinda going between the corner where he sleeps and under the filter. so hes becoming a little more active. but still dosent look that good

i was thinking maybe hes constipated too or maybe he swollowed a piece of shell? he does have a lil bulge in his stomach so maybe? when i first got him he got constipated frequently but i started feeding him pees and high fiber shrimp and eventually he was fine..its been like 5 or six months since then though. just thinking maybe he has a shell stuck in him. theres no way it could be anything else i dont think. water quality is perfect running almost 3x the filtration needed and do cleanings and water top offs every night. its just weird one day hes fine then the when i wake up hes acting all weird :/
 
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well he was moving around more...but he still is really dark in color
and too he was swimming and started to what looked like try to throw up? it was akward like he was gagging...still not eating
 
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ph 8.3
ammonia 0
nitrite 0
nitrate >10
sg 1.022
i did some reading and i think that its an air bubble stuck in him somehow. (notice how i first said there was a lump, and how he looked like he was throwing up). they say time will let it pass but i also tried massaging/ burping him with little luck. he is swimming more though. i also am shooting him with novaqua+ through a turkey baster every so often and that keeps him more perky
 
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so here's an update:
kiwi the gsp is back to (almost) good!
he started swiming around and being active yesterday and today when i dropped a clam in he went straight for it and wouldnt let the other puffer get close haha. but now were just clearing up a lil bit of tail rot from being stressed which is almost gone 2. so in a couple days he'll be back to his normal self yay!
 
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