The Puffer Forum

hi all, after feeding my stars & stripes puffer a jumbo king prawn (raw) he has just gone and rested on a rock with his caudal fin folded round, and he is looking a little patchy, can anyone give any insight into whats going on, also i noticed a little bulge in his belly as expected however it looked a little uneven but has now gone a little bit. he is new to the tank around 4 days ago, and has made big improvements every day.
all perameters are good in a 70g tank with 2 O. clowns yellow tang and a firefish (hoping one day he will eat the firefish lol )
and i keep sg at 1.024.

here is a link to the feeding
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhUB-jLY ... ture=g-upl
thanks in advance for any help i recieve it's very much apreciated

to update there is a slight bulge on the left side of his stomach as if you were looking at him.

He probably just gorged out on the prawn, food sits in lumps as they have no ribs so often looks odd after a large meal. Keep an eye and keep us posted. I like a rest after a good meal. Now the bad news, you are overstocked unless they are tiny and clowns and puffers don't really mix as they both can have chronic attitudes. What are your current water parameters?

bertie 83 wrote:He probably just gorged out on the prawn, food sits in lumps as they have no ribs so often looks odd after a large meal. Keep an eye and keep us posted. I like a rest after a good meal. Now the bad news, you are overstocked unless they are tiny and clowns and puffers don't really mix as they both can have chronic attitudes. What are your current water parameters?

thankyou for your response and to update, he is happy as anything again now! got me worrying as sometimes reading between the lines results in me stressing out
as for the clowns yes they are rather small they are adult size and the female is no more than 1.5 inches and the male is around an inch. yellow tang is relatively small as is the firefish which will only reach around 7cm when an adult anyway. if anything my tank looks empty most of the time lol. my perameters are as follows:
Kh - 10.6
Po4 - 0.03
No2 - 0
No3 - 10
NH3 - 0
tank has been running for around 1.5 years. you will be supprised to hear i have a few soft corals and a tuxedo urchin in there too. everything gets along fine

even when i fed him today he did the same thing, however he is fine again now. i just find it odd how he goes patchy in colour when he goes to rest to let the food settle. anyone have any experience with this and know what it means?
thanks.

It's for camouflage reasons. Don't panic. Starve for 2-3 days if you are concerned. It won't hurt him

i don't know if i can do it too him! :'( haha just kidding apreciate your replies thankyou, does anyone have any knowledge on any marine snails that are good to feed and could breed in captivity? he really needs some shelled foods soon as he hasn't had any for a week now.

Just breed pond or ramshorns to feed him.