The Puffer Forum

Thanks for you kind words. When I started the post I was hoping someone might say 'wait wait I've seen this before he might just be hibernating you should do this xxx and give him time.' By the end of the post I knew he was gone.

What about boiling water to remove all O2 then allowing it to cool and putting the fish in it? I imagine it would suffocate nearly as fast as boiling but w/o the burning.

I've had my Dogface Puffer Chucky for about 7 years now and am not sure how old he was before that as he hasn't grown since I originally got him with my tank. I've seen him unwell before, like when I went on vacation one winter and stupidly turned off the power strip to my computer w/o realizing the...