The Puffer Forum

He's full-grown and male. I've had him for a couple months. He's in a 5-gallon hex with two ottos and some shrimp.

This weekend, I went away for Friday evening through Sunday evening. I had just done a 75% w/c Thursday or Friday. I left a small mussel for him (which I can't find now) and left his light out. I got back tonight and he just looked like he was pouting. Just sitting still. Not moving but his eyes and fins. So I take him out and put him in my little hanging box thingie and gave him some blood worms which I know he likes. He didn't eat any. Just sort of sat there still. I tested his water. It came out Nitrate: 5 ppm; Nitrite 0 ppm; Ammonia 0 ppm. So I put him back in and he swam out of the container just fine and is now just hanging about.

Any ideas? Is he mad his light was out all weekend? That I wasn't around? He's jost a very aggressive puffer, to start.

I think your puffer is fine. I think the reason your puffer did not eat because you left the light out. When the light is out the puffer go to sleep or rest and it take awhile for them to get normal again. My puffer do the same, when I turn out the light he change color and go to sleep.

I am thinking he could just be grumpy too. Keep an eye on him for any other changes or if he keeps up this behavior more than a week.

Don't move him again, unless you need to for some pressing reason. He'll just get grumpier if he gets transferred around a lot.

He seems just fine now. *Shrug*

Just like a puffer.