air trapped in puff?

[petebsbll]

Hello to all, I might be freaking out for nothing here which I am hoping is the case. My nice large stars and stripes seems to have two lumps one on each side located behind his gills. They are only visible/bulging out when his body is curled and he is turning. Are they just some type of muscles located behind the gills? I have been avoiding letting him gulp air and dropping the food in below the surface but occasionally he gets curious and comes up to the surface to squirt water out of his mouth

Thank you all,

-Peter

[Puffer Queen]

Can you post a pic?

Is he having buoyancy problems?