The Puffer Forum

You want to position the puffer underwater with its head pointed toward the surface of the water. Carefully take hold of the puffer supporting its entire body. To do this and restrict the movement of the fish, hold the head and body, the bones of your hand parallel to the fish's spine and along its...

ok, this has gone from bad to worse,real quick. I attempted to burp him again and he apparently has had enough. I have been severely bitten in the center of my hand. He is now majorly stressed and laying on the bottom. I have washed MY wound out thoroughly, but I don't think I will be burping him ag...

Thanks for the prompt reply...I did read the article and have been following directions.

So then the light diffuser cage would work as follows, the deeper the puffer, the "bubbles floating to the top" tendency would be the idea?

I purchased a s & s puffer yesterday. The LFS netted it and during the process it "puffed" mildly. It was in its own tank, not a tank plumbed to the general population. They had been holding it for 3 weeks. I had a 2 hour drive home. When home, it seemed to be doing fine after acclimat...