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  Internal Parasites and Your Puffer - What to watch for

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  Internal Parasites and Your Puffer - What to watch for

  This is my experience with IP's (internal parasites) and puffers. 99% of all puffers are wild caught. There are very few puffers that will breed in captivity. With that being said you "must" treat any puffer you purchase for IP's.
  
  If you are thinking about buying a puffer make sure you have a fully cycled tank. Ammonia and Nitrites are highly toxic to puffers. Do your research before you buy. What size tank does my
  puffer need, is the puffer I want freshwater or brackish water?...

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  Camallanus worms

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  Camallanus worms

  This is a first hand account of how one of our members (Zulaab) successfully killed Camallanus worms using Fenbendazole (sold as Safeguard Canine Dewormer).
  
  

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  First, make sure your fish is willing to eat. If not, get it used to bloodworms (you will need bloodworms to feed the fish in the end) -- I made the mistake of first feeding NLS to the fish and it would take a while for them to eat it. They ate the bloodworms quickly and had no problem stuffing themselves with it. ...

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  Puffer Dentistry for small puffers

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  Puffer Dentistry for small puffers

  Last night I moved all the South American Puffers from one tank to another. I took the opportunity to clip their teeth since I had them out of the tank anyway. I finally got the ratio of MS-222 to water so that the puffer goes under in about a minute. All the times prior to last night, it took about 10 minutes, so I wanted to document and share this info.
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  Saprolegnia

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  Saprolegnia

  Type of Disease: Fungal Disease
  Disease Name: Saprolegnia
  Additional Names: True Fungus, Water Mold
  
  General Information:

  If you've ever seen uneaten fish food in your tank covered in white, cottony stuff, you've seen Saprolegnia in action.
  

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  Lymphocystis disease

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  Lymphocystis disease

  Type of Disease: Viral Disease
  Disease Name: Lymphocystis
  Additional Names: Cauliflower Disease ...

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  Signs of vitamin deficiency in fish

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  Signs of vitamin deficiency in fish

  Something we don't hear about often, but is important is the need for adequate vitamins delivered to your fish via either food or added to the water column. Depletion of the body storage of any single vitamin can be responsible for specific or general disease signs. ...

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  Malawi Bloat

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  Malawi Bloat

  Type of Disease:Protozoan Disease
  Disease Name:Malawi Bloat
  Additional Names:Cryptobia iubilans
  
  General Information:

  Cryptobia iubilans is a protozoan parasite believed by many to be the main culprit behind "Malawi Bloat". Bloat is a disease affecting Rift Lake Cichlids, and is also transmissible to Central and South American Cichlids. Cryptobia lives in the gut of infected cichlids. This parasite causes gramulomas (inflammation) in the lining of the stomach. It has als

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  How to treat malawi bloat with clout

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  How to treat malawi bloat with clout

  It has been my opinion for many years, that unless you catch it before any die, then Metro is fine to cure it. BUT...once you loose a fish, or fish go a couple days and no eating, there is nothing that works better than CLOUT. Use CLOUT in this method. Start with a 50% water change. Then dose as prescribed on the bottle. Then Second day dose as the bottle says Third day dose as the bottle says. 4th Day, 50% water change and dose per bottle... Always treat for 5 days if even all fish are eating. ...

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  Fish Anatomy

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  Fish Anatomy

  

  External Anatomy
  

  
  
  

  Internal Anatomy
  

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  Oxygen for fish

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  Oxygen for fish

  Oxygen in your Aquarium
  
  Unless you are pumping pure Oxygen into you aquarium, the Aquarium is limited to the amount of O2 it can get from the air. Air is 78% Nitrogen, 21% Oxygen 1% Argon, .03% CO2 and a lot of trace elements. The maximum amount of Oxygen that your aquarium water can hold is relative to water temperature and salinity. From a high of 9 ppm (mg/l) at 64f for fresh water to a low of 6 ppm at 85f for saltwater. From this maximum amount you can add for plants during day...

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