The Puffer Forum

I was kind of wondering about the stringy white stuff hanging off in the first video?

bigfatfish wrote:

purplecandle wrote:guys, LOL..

In the second video..did you see what he was spinning on top of and pointing his nose towards??

He is spinning on top of a clear container that his holding snails . Re-watch the movie you will see he is probably not sick, just really ticked off that he can't get those snails.

IDK, he doesn't really look so healthy in that last clip. Much thinner & lumpier looking, with a very dark belly.

I agree that he does look lumpy and smaller... As for color, do you guys/gals always use that as a sign of an unhealthy fish? I ask this, because my Ceylon puffer gets a dark belly the second people are around. Whether it's because he's hungry or scared of people, I'm not sure...

Their colours can change for several reasons - sleeping, hunting, feeding but stress/illness can also be shown as a dark belly. Ceylons never seem to have the bright white tummy that a GSP does tho. I suspect in your case, its just a stress reaction from strange people near the tank. They're a moody lot!

I was referring only to my comment which was Asian can equal small tank.

This sounds...bad. Lol