HKfshkpr1
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I have a Valentini puffer for 2 years. He always moves slowly but has no problems feeding or getting along with other fish in my 180 gal.
A month ago he didn't come to eat, just sitting at a rear corner staring at me( NO other fish ever bothered him). He continued to do so for 3 days. On the 4th day when I approached the tank to feed, he started to dart around "madly", went through the gap at the filter opening, and landed behind the aquarium stand! It took me like 2 minutes to "fish" him out( hahaha!) and put him back. It took him 2 minutes before he started to right himself and swim again.
I didn't know what to do so I just did a 25% water change the next day. He didn't show any improvement and actually did another 2-3 mad dashes the following days. Banging the sides of the tank etc, the mini torpedo landed on the tank top one of those times. He didn't eat for a few more days and I was pretty sure I was about to lose him.
Then strangely, after more than a week since he acted up, he started to come out to eat a little. A few days later he's back to normal again!
What happened to him???
A month ago he didn't come to eat, just sitting at a rear corner staring at me( NO other fish ever bothered him). He continued to do so for 3 days. On the 4th day when I approached the tank to feed, he started to dart around "madly", went through the gap at the filter opening, and landed behind the aquarium stand! It took me like 2 minutes to "fish" him out( hahaha!) and put him back. It took him 2 minutes before he started to right himself and swim again.
I didn't know what to do so I just did a 25% water change the next day. He didn't show any improvement and actually did another 2-3 mad dashes the following days. Banging the sides of the tank etc, the mini torpedo landed on the tank top one of those times. He didn't eat for a few more days and I was pretty sure I was about to lose him.
Then strangely, after more than a week since he acted up, he started to come out to eat a little. A few days later he's back to normal again!
What happened to him???
