The Puffer Forum

Sorry for doing this, copying from another thread, I just think this might be missed as a reply in my fungus thread and I'm extremely concerned about the little fella.....

Update: The fungus may have disappeared, but now he's bumping into things, swimming around in a stupor. I've read a few threads on here, asking if their puffer's gone blind. He's swimming almost as if stoned, crashing into the plants, thermometer etc then carrying on as if nothing's happened.

ETA: he's definitely not seeing well, not responding to me or my hand near the tank. Is blindness common? A result of the fungus?

ETA #2: out of the blue, he's just puffed. First time I've ever seen him do that. I've followed the articles on de-puffing and he seems to have deflated now, but he really must be stressed. I was just sat here watching him in the dark with just my desk lamp on and whoomph, he puffed.

I dont know about the blindess, but ive read that crashing into things while swimming is a sign of stress.

I really dont know anymore, but im sure someone else will.


-John

Also a sign of high nitrItes. Please test the water for ammonia, nitrItes, nitrAtes & pH. Get back to us.

thank you, I will do. Though if it's nitrItes, I've no idea what's happened. The tank's been stable for many weeks now, more than regular water changes and no real change to contents other than fungus meds.

When that has happened, I sometimes find a piece of fungused food in the leaves or base of a plant or 2.