[Sparbock]

I went downstairs to check the tanks and my roomies 5 in spiney puff was stuck to the powerhead!!! There was some food caught in it that he wanted to eat and the pwrhd ate him instead Now the poor guy has a bloody and swollen beak and a perfect swollen circle on his chin He's missing most of his chin spines too. NOTE TO ALL: use the guards on your powerheads they are a danger to all fish. They've been using stress coat and I gave them some melafix but I just wondered if there was anything else they can use to help heal him.

 

[tommyb]

Same thing happened to me a couple of years ago. It got stuck to it by it's eye. He lived for about a month with a big swollen eye that he couldn't see out of, but eventually he passed away. I hope you have better luck. I did buy guards the next day and haven't had problems since.

 

[RedWinger]

Exactly how I lost my first fish.

Yellow tail damsel. I have since went one model of PW down from the ones I had, and use the covers.

 

[caribbeanguy]

Lost my Yellow watchman the same way. Thats why I think many are going to closed loop systems and removing powerheads from the display. Hope he makes it

 

[camelot]

We lost a small maroon clown that way. Hope yours makes it.

 

[hjmtv]

Do away with those nasty powerheads!! Put in a closed-loop or beef up your return pump. (you could put in a SCWD if you felt like it)

Sorry for your impending loss.

 

[Newts]

I use bioballs stuck to the PH when it's on. I don't know why the bigger PHs don't come with guards, but the bioballs work good.

 

[canisson]

I now have a closed-loop system with a SCWD inline, and I haven't lost a fish yet! (A few shrimps made it into the fuge via the overflow box....) I lost 4 baby ocillaris clowns to my PHs before I guarded, then got rid of them entirely. Never again....

 

[Leopard_babe]

My puffer did that the first day I got him. I turned the ph off. It puffed up, and then had a collapsed cloudy eye, and the spikes on his head were bent. His little mouth had a big red cut on it. After about 1-2 weeks he was fine. Eye was normal and everything was ok.

THanks,

Leopard

 

[Emperator]

Same thing happened to me once with a porcupine puffer. It got sucked up on its side. For how long I don't know... found him in the morning. I shut the ph off and had to hand feed him for a while, but the swelling eventually went down and his skin healed. Two years later he died, maybe coincidental? Hope yours pulls through as well.

 

[Emprr_angl]

I lost a Kole Tang that way myself. I was so heart broken I tore down the tank... I feel your pain man.

I'd pull him out of the show tank and put him in quarentine for a couple weeks. use copper in the quarintine water. that will keep him from getting any pathogens. a sick or injured fish should always be removed from the show tank lest it infect the rest of the tank.

 

[Sparbock]

I'm sad to say that the puff died this morning. We tried the whole
Melafix/Stress Coat solution, even a few others reccommended by
our LFS but nothing helped

 

[Newts]

Bummer, I'm sorry to hear that. I had a long nose blue spot puffer once, they are cool fish, alot of personality.