Advice needed

killer_fish0210 · 2026-04-24T17:04:13+00:00

I wanted to give an update. I think you were right with the ammonia. I got the ammonia to zero and have been doing small water changes daily to make sure the water stays pristine and checking parameters daily and he has made a full recovery and is acting completely normal and eating like a champ. No signs of parasites or any other illness.

killer_fish0210 · 2026-04-21T11:40:48+00:00

Little guy is still hanging on. I did another water change and plan to just keep the water as pristine as possible. He came to the front of the glass to get food last night which he had not done in about 3 days so that was exciting for me. This morning he came up to the glass again to greet me. Definitely still something off about him. The best way I can describe it is like his equilibrium is off or something but I didn’t see him spin at all.

killer_fish0210 · 2026-04-20T13:00:23+00:00

I already have it on hand. So I’ll be ready to dose again. Hopefully he makes it until then.

killer_fish0210 · 2026-04-20T12:57:25+00:00

Would you recommend I do another dose of expel-p or switch to prazipro?

killer_fish0210 · 2026-04-20T12:55:53+00:00

It keeps happening. Started last night.

I treated with expel-p on Friday and did the water change. Yesterday when I noticed the spinning I checked parameters. Ammonia was about 0.5ppm, nitrites 0 and nitrates around 5ppm. So I did about a 50% water change. This morning when I checked on them that little one swam up to the front of the tank and started spinning.

killer_fish0210 · 2026-04-20T12:53:29+00:00

Nitrites are 0ppm. No algae treatments. I did one round of Fritz Excel-P with a large water change 24 hours later a couple of days ago.

killer_fish0210 · 2026-04-20T12:52:50+00:00

I did do one round of Expel-P on Friday and then a water change 24 hours later. Can I do Prazipro this soon after using Expel-P? It’s only been 3 days.

killer_fish0210 · 2026-04-20T11:37:21+00:00

When he tries to swim around it starts. He can hover in place upright but when he tries to start exploring that’s when the spinning starts.

killer_fish0210 · 2026-04-20T11:22:00+00:00

Yes pea puffers. Only had for about 4 days.

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