I haven't had the heart to post this for quite some time but I wanted to let you guys know. If you remember me during the spring I had Ratchet my fahaka puffer. He went on a 5 month feeding strike eating just barely enough to survive. We went through three bouts of severe bacterial infection and a possible parasite infestation. I spent many a night crying in front of his tank watching as he struggled to pull on. I'm starting to cry even as I post this. On June 6th Ratchet was found dead in his tank resting on his side in the sand. I put his body in the freezer until such time that i can bury him. When he died he was clean of infection and was actually pecking at food. I think his body just finally gave out on him. I feel like such a horrid puffer mom not being able to help him. I'm just not sure why he died. His water parameters were perfect the entire time. The 5 clown loaches that he lives with never got sick once and are living quite happily in the tank to this day. For now Ratchet's tank stands empty with just the loaches. I'm not sure I can bear to get another puffer. I was so attached to Ratchet that his loss is gut wrenching. It literally makes me sick to my stomach. When I got him he was barely an inch and a half and highly emaciated. At the time of his passing he was 6 inches tl.
Ratchet you will be sorely missed.
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qtrhorse89
- Figure 8 Puffer
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- My Puffers: Ratchet- Tetraodon Lineatus
Hikaru- Figure Eight Puffer - Location: North Carolina
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"Okay. You! Out of the Gene Pool!"- Don't know who said it but I enjoy using it
I'm learning that puffer fish are like pringles. There is no such thing as only wanting one.
Tanks:
38 gallon: 1 Figure 8 puffer, 1 Dragon Goby, 1 Knight Goby, 3 Black Mollies
30 gallon: 1 Blue Acara, 1 Bristlenose Pleco
120 gallon: Ratchet the Fahaka Puffer
I'm learning that puffer fish are like pringles. There is no such thing as only wanting one.
Tanks:
38 gallon: 1 Figure 8 puffer, 1 Dragon Goby, 1 Knight Goby, 3 Black Mollies
30 gallon: 1 Blue Acara, 1 Bristlenose Pleco
120 gallon: Ratchet the Fahaka Puffer
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pufferpuggirl
- Mbu Puffer
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- My Puffers: Puffs & Stuff:
1 x M Abei
1 x M Turgidus
1 x T Palembangensis
1 x M Baileyii
1 x T Schoutedeni
1 x T Leiurus
1 x T Miurus
Rainbow crab
crayfish - Location (country): Yorkshire, GB
- Location: South Yorkshire, UK
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I am so very sorry for your loss. Just reading that got me all teary-eyed. That is really sad and I do remember your struggle to get Ratchet back to good health. I wish it had turned out differently, and I can certainly understand a little of how you would feel. I've got BeeBoo, my Mbu and he's about 10" long now and I'd be gutted if anything happened to him.
Please don't blame yourself, you're not a bad puffer-mommy, things happen sometimes, and it's not your fault. Sounds to me like you did all your could and really put your heart into it.
Give yourself time, you may decide on another puffer after you've had a chance to get over Ratchet.
Please accept my condolences.
Please don't blame yourself, you're not a bad puffer-mommy, things happen sometimes, and it's not your fault. Sounds to me like you did all your could and really put your heart into it.
Give yourself time, you may decide on another puffer after you've had a chance to get over Ratchet.
Please accept my condolences.
"Puffer .... man's best friend?"
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So sorry to hear about his passing 
I was really hoping Ratchet had pulled through the hunger strike. I opened this thread and saw a pretty picture and was happy because I thought I'd be reading about how Ratchet was eating again and doing well.
Rest in Peace Ratchet.
I was really hoping Ratchet had pulled through the hunger strike. I opened this thread and saw a pretty picture and was happy because I thought I'd be reading about how Ratchet was eating again and doing well. Rest in Peace Ratchet.
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Troender
- Former Staff Member
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- My Puffers: 1x GSP (Bolla), 1x m. something. Bought as a leiurus, maybe a turgidus (Tiger), 1x c. irrubesco (Tott(a) aka Houdini) 1x c. salivator (Jack the Ripper), 1x m. cochinchinensis (Hufflepuff - R.I.P.), 2x c. lorteti (Tommy and Tigern = Calvin and Hubbes), 1x m. suvatti (Koseklumpen), 1x m. palembangensis (Dragonfly), 2x t. biocellatus (Koken and Fiken).
- Location: Askim, Norway
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I am so sorry for your loss! He was such a beautiful puffer. Sometimes they don't make it, whatever we do to cure them. It sounds to me that you did a very good job, but that he just wasn't able to make it anyway. 
He was such a beautiful puffer. Sometimes they don't make it, whatever we do to cure them. It sounds to me that you did a very good job, but that he just wasn't able to make it anyway. Inger Anne
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autophotos
- Green Spotted Puffer
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- Location (country): UK GB
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aww no - sorry to hear that
i dont know what id do if my mbu moob died - i havnt had her long - from a member off here - but im soo attached
i dont know what id do if my mbu moob died - i havnt had her long - from a member off here - but im soo attached
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pufferpuggirl
- Mbu Puffer
- Posts: 3979
- Joined: Mon Nov 03, 2008 3:04 pm
- Gender: Female
- My Puffers: Puffs & Stuff:
1 x M Abei
1 x M Turgidus
1 x T Palembangensis
1 x M Baileyii
1 x T Schoutedeni
1 x T Leiurus
1 x T Miurus
Rainbow crab
crayfish - Location (country): Yorkshire, GB
- Location: South Yorkshire, UK
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They are so personable, I think it's all too easy to get attached. Even though I have many puffers, I love them all because they each have their own specialness about them. If any one of them died, I would be upset. Of course, BeeBoo my Mbu is my dearest and I would definitely be gutted if something happened to him.
"Puffer .... man's best friend?"
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PolishPuff
- Mbu Puffer
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- My Puffers: ________
Also cared for;
Fahaka------------------- Had to give it away
Auriglobus modestus-----Traded
Auriglobus silus ---------Died during transport.
Figure Eight Puffers -----Sold and or traded
Dwarf Puffers ------------Traded
Congo Puffer ------------Traded
South American Puffers -Traded
Carinotetraodon lorteti --Died under my supervision :( - Location (country): USA-Chicago, IL
- Location: Chicago, IL
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So sorry for your loss
I do know that you did everything in your power to save him.
I do know that you did everything in your power to save him.
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xrayjeeper83
- Mbu Puffer
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- Joined: Thu May 06, 2010 9:31 pm
- Gender: Male
- My Puffers: Fahaka named Bloat
Abei named Huey
GSP named Bacon - Location (country): USA
- Location: Orange Park, FL
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sorry for your lose
RTR wrote:Fahakas do not have tank mates, they may have swimming food reserves.
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J-P
- Former Staff Member
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- Location: Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan
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QT that is sad. Do you think you will ever try again?
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qtrhorse89
- Figure 8 Puffer
- Posts: 183
- Joined: Wed Jun 03, 2009 11:15 pm
- My Puffers: Ratchet- Tetraodon Lineatus
Hikaru- Figure Eight Puffer - Location: North Carolina
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Thanks guys for all your replies. It means a lot.
"Okay. You! Out of the Gene Pool!"- Don't know who said it but I enjoy using it
I'm learning that puffer fish are like pringles. There is no such thing as only wanting one.
Tanks:
38 gallon: 1 Figure 8 puffer, 1 Dragon Goby, 1 Knight Goby, 3 Black Mollies
30 gallon: 1 Blue Acara, 1 Bristlenose Pleco
120 gallon: Ratchet the Fahaka Puffer
I'm learning that puffer fish are like pringles. There is no such thing as only wanting one.
Tanks:
38 gallon: 1 Figure 8 puffer, 1 Dragon Goby, 1 Knight Goby, 3 Black Mollies
30 gallon: 1 Blue Acara, 1 Bristlenose Pleco
120 gallon: Ratchet the Fahaka Puffer
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Lil' Swimz$
- Mbu Puffer
- Posts: 1686
- Joined: Fri Jun 19, 2009 6:26 pm
- Gender: Male
- My Puffers: Lorteti - Peaches
- Location (country): USA
- Location: Wisconsin
- Contact:
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That's too bad qtrhorse. Poor guy. Rest in Peace Ratchet.Ha ha, he he! DAncE whEn yoU're HAPpppy! He he he! DAnce, danCE, DANCe!
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diverchic
- Green Spotted Puffer
- Posts: 294
- Joined: Mon Jul 20, 2009 3:50 am
- Gender: Female
- My Puffers: Parent to:
No puffers since moving to work on a boat but looking to get some again now I am back on land. - Location (country): London, UK
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sorry to hear of your loss, RIP Ratchet
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Perchmonger
- Dwarf Puffer
- Posts: 72
- Joined: Thu May 12, 2011 4:16 pm
- Gender: Male
- My Puffers: BABY T. Lineatus FAHAKA "MOBIGSBY" Formerly JABBA
14x Yellow Perch, 1x African Rock Catfish
4x Clown loaches, 6x Otos
1x 535g show tank
1x 120g tank
1x29g tank - Location (country): USA
- Location: Chicagoland Area
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I'm going to give Jabba an extra shrimp in Ratchets honor; "RIP"
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My HD PVR
- Green Spotted Puffer
- Posts: 389
- Joined: Wed Apr 20, 2011 8:46 pm
- Gender: Male
- Location (country): Maryland
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im so sorry about your loss. Although I am not an owner yet, puffers have such great personalities, and getting attached to them is easy (I'm attached to my LFS Porky, i take care of him on occasions) You did not sit there and watch your puffer suffer through it, you did everything you could. Im so sorry for your loss Noobs, it takes one to know one.