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Well for now until someone else chimes in I'll try my best to help.I just bought a porcupine puffer, it was swimming around and now it's just sitting near the bottom.. any suggestions?? Please help me out.
Make sure of temps and Oxygen levels.Also puffers are kinda funny, we had one and he would just sit on the bottom sometimes and nothing was wrong with him so first let's see about the questions I asked and if nothing looks out of place then just watch him and keep us updated.
Really. We need way more info.....We want to help, but will need more information.
Is this a new tank? what other fish do you have in it? What is the salinity of the water? temp? What are you trying to feed him?
Pictures would be great. We have some pretty smart people on here that can usually look at a picture and tell if there is a disease condition going on.
Has he eaten anything since you brought him home? What are you feeding him?
Oh and QT stands for quarantine tank and DT stands for Display tank.
Most of the time it will be high ammonia, low oxygen or parasites. Chances are if the other fish are ok it's not those.He seems to be breathing kinda hard. What does that mean
First you never feed puffers mysis. It will give them lock jaw due to the iodine in them. They love fresh shrimp and clams. I go to my local store and by fresh whole shrimp and clams and freeze them, then hand feed them cut up pieces. We have three puffers and for some reason they like to be hand feed. I believed be its the movement more than anything. My porcupine puffer went two weeks without eating so that doesn't bother me, what bother me is it's on the bottom. They are very active fish.
Well I guess everyone on the puffer only forums are wrong too. I guess I'm a idiot....This is wrong information here. There is nothing wrong with feeding mysis. Lock jaw has been associated with feeding krill but it is more of folk lore than fact. Ive had my porcupine several months. He is pretty lazy. He always likes to stay around the bottom and only comes out swimming at night.
I'll let you take over from here.. sorry I tried...This is wrong information here. There is nothing wrong with feeding mysis. Lock jaw has been associated with feeding krill but it is more of folk lore than fact. Ive had my porcupine several months. He is pretty lazy. He always likes to stay around the bottom and only comes out swimming at night.