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| My beloved Dog-faced Puffer has tiny brown "things" all over his body. They look like tiny sand fleas. He is cringing in the corner and not eating. Not sure if it's the brown things or the fact that my lemon peel angel is attacking him--keeps biting at him. Could not catch the angel to put him in a floating basket. Put RxP in tank tonight to treat for ich and myriad of other things. Sorry to take up more than my share of questions here! My tank is a mess. Thanks to everyone for help, especially you, Kelly.
Dianne
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| I would have to suggest that you do what ever it takes to remove the angel and find it a new home, the constant harrassment is a stress factor the puffer can do well without. Without a photo, my best guess as to the "sand fleas" would be an isopod species. Do you have a quarantine tank that you can use to isolate the puffer and inspect more closely? Regardless of what the puffer has come down with, any treatment or recovery would best be done in isolation of the main tank. You said you are treating for Ich, does the tank have ich? Also, do you have any other fish or inverts/corals besides the puffer and angel? Chuck
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| Dianne, Sorry about your continued problems in this tank. This tank really needs to go fallow for at least 6 weeks. I agree with Chuck and would stop trying to treat the display tank and remove the stressors. I would move all the fish to a separate QT and treat for external parasites. Without a pic or scraping/viewing under microscope, my best "guess" would be external parasites - ich. The parasite is embedded in the skin and feeding. It is using the puffer's own skin as protection.
Kelly
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