Puffer dead. Will everything die?

JohnniG · 09/16/2014, 10:48 AM

My puffer has been a bad look since I got him. Don't know what kind of disease it is. I suspect parasites. Yesterday he was very weak, just laying against the rock work in the middle of the day. I tried to get him, but he barely slipped away from the net and headed for the rocks. Now I haven't seen him since and pretty much expect him dead. Is it worth pulling out 40 pounds of rock at least, which is the entire left side of my set up to get him out? I heard how poisonous they are and i'm afraid that some of it will poison the tank, more than just ammonia and nitrates will.

JohnniG · 09/17/2014, 12:36 AM

anyone?

bmullikin1 · 09/17/2014, 03:28 AM

I would try to get him out, if possible.

JohnniG · 09/17/2014, 04:19 AM

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Originally Posted by bmullikin1

I would try to get him out, if possible.

Things is, I have to move a lot of rock and i'm afraid I will get all kinds of nasty things out in the water column.

Kyuss · 09/17/2014, 12:35 PM

Any nasty things you put out into the water column by moving rock pales in comparison to a dead fish rotting in your tank. I'd chalk this up as a personal experience lesson on why QT is a good idea, whether he's already dead or not.

shesacharmer · 09/17/2014, 06:02 PM

Pull up your panties and get it out...leaving it is the worst of your sucky options.

JohnniG · 09/18/2014, 02:09 AM

its out now.

shesacharmer · 09/18/2014, 06:17 AM

I hope that things are going okay now. You might want to run a bag of carbon for a few days to suck out any leftover nasties from your water.

JohnniG · 09/18/2014, 06:24 AM

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Originally Posted by shesacharmer

I hope that things are going okay now. You might want to run a bag of carbon for a few days to suck out any leftover nasties from your water.

I actually found out he took of to hide in the rocks and rest. He wasn't dead - yet. The next morning i found him, breathing heavily, laying sideways on a rock, with some skin issues. Took him without problems in the net, and ended it.

09/16/2014, 10:48 AM	#1
JohnniG Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 620	Puffer dead. Will everything die? My puffer has been a bad look since I got him. Don't know what kind of disease it is. I suspect parasites. Yesterday he was very weak, just laying against the rock work in the middle of the day. I tried to get him, but he barely slipped away from the net and headed for the rocks. Now I haven't seen him since and pretty much expect him dead. Is it worth pulling out 40 pounds of rock at least, which is the entire left side of my set up to get him out? I heard how poisonous they are and i'm afraid that some of it will poison the tank, more than just ammonia and nitrates will. __________________ 65 gal tank under construction

09/17/2014, 12:36 AM	#2
JohnniG Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 620	anyone? __________________ 65 gal tank under construction

09/17/2014, 06:02 PM	#6
shesacharmer Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Central NH Posts: 1,241	Pull up your panties and get it out...leaving it is the worst of your sucky options. __________________ 75 gal, LR w/refugium, 79 deg, PH 8.0, sg 1.025, amm 0/nit 0/nit 0, Calcium 420, dKH 8.3, mag 1300, Phos 0 Current Tank Info: A work in progress...

09/18/2014, 02:09 AM	#7
JohnniG Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 620	its out now. __________________ 65 gal tank under construction

09/18/2014, 06:17 AM	#8
shesacharmer Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Central NH Posts: 1,241	I hope that things are going okay now. You might want to run a bag of carbon for a few days to suck out any leftover nasties from your water. __________________ 75 gal, LR w/refugium, 79 deg, PH 8.0, sg 1.025, amm 0/nit 0/nit 0, Calcium 420, dKH 8.3, mag 1300, Phos 0 Current Tank Info: A work in progress...

09/17/2014, 03:28 AM	#3
bmullikin1 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: seminole florida Posts: 1,797	I would try to get him out, if possible.

09/17/2014, 12:35 PM	#5
Kyuss Megistered Rember Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Milwaukee, WI Posts: 470	Any nasty things you put out into the water column by moving rock pales in comparison to a dead fish rotting in your tank. I'd chalk this up as a personal experience lesson on why QT is a good idea, whether he's already dead or not.