Pea puffer

[fishguy1978]

https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/threads/bumps-round-mouth.728383/

 

[DMD123]

The pea puffer is so small that its hard to tell whats going on.

This was a recent posting I saw with a puffer mouth issue:
https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/threads/congo-puffer-mouth-problems.725077/page-3

Thinking some sort of infection...

 

[lloyd378]

I almost wonder if it’s an ulcer which can be caused by a bacterial infection....


Good luck.

Also, I haven’t been on MFK in probably 6 -7 years.... do they have an app or do you have to login via computer?

 

[fishguy1978]

I almost wonder if it’s an ulcer which can be caused by a bacterial infection....


Good luck.

Also, I haven’t been on MFK in probably 6 -7 years.... do they have an app or do you have to login via computer?

I don’t know if MFK has an app. I just use my phone’s browser for all my internet access.
I have posted a link to the YouTube video.

Ph 7.8, Ammonia 0, Nitrite 0, Nitrate 10-20

 

[fishguy1978]

The pea puffer is so small that its hard to tell whats going on.

This was a recent posting I saw with a puffer mouth issue:
https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/threads/congo-puffer-mouth-problems.725077/page-3

Thinking some sort of infection...

Thanks, I will see if I can catch him and set up a. Medical ward.

 

[fishguy1978]

Here’s a pic of my male puffer. He is turned a bit but the bump on his face is visible.

 

[sir_keith]

That looks like either an adventitious infection, which you can treat, or a subdermal growth of some kind, which you cannot. Either way, I don't see much that you can do except treat the little guy with a broad-spectrum antibiotic and hope for the best. Good luck.

 

[fishguy1978]

Started kanaplex today.

 

[fishguy1978]

99% water change today on the quarantine as the one snail I tried feeding him was dead and the water was turning milky.
Soaked frozen blood worms in fresh diced garlic and waiting to see if he eats.

 

[fishguy1978]

I have done 3 doses of Kanaplex. I did a 50% water change before the 3rd. The bumps on the left side look to be forming a head like a pimple. The right side did the same and appear to be healing.
He is still eating too. Doesn’t like garlic flavor though.

 

[fishguy1978]

Wow, been over a year with no updates to this thread. One of the smaller murder puffs is starting to show a belly line which indicates that he is a male.
I picked up some black worms a month or so ago and am finding periodic leaches which these guys destroy very heartily.

 

[DMD123]

I took the liberty to crop your pic @fishguy1978… love the little pea puffer!

 

[fishguy1978]

Males were chasing this plump female around. Need to add more cover for her to hide in.