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I woke up this morning and my puffer was stuck to a power head it's a porcupine puffer I've had him for about 3 weeks came in healthy was sick for a week not sure what was wrong with him but wasn't eating and had a hard time swimming to bottom he would wedge himself into a rock to stay at the bottom but he over came that and was starting to eat. For a week before this happened okay now that he got stuck in the powerhead he has bent spines that go in all directions even when I turned the power head off he was still stuck I had to help him off one of his eyes is cloudy and a spine goes right over the top of it he's eating we'll suprisingly will those spines eventually fall out or something I don't want him to poke his eye out if he isn't blind in that eye already water parameters are off cause I forgot a bag of clams on the top and the juice melted in the tank I've been battling trying to get those down I did a change yesterday and got ammonia down to a .25 from a 1 nitrites have stayed 0 nitrates are a 10 I just want to know if there's anything I can do to help the poor guy

Keep doing water changes. Ammonia/nitrite MUST remain at 0. Get some Bio-spira to boost the bacteria in that tank. Add SW Melafix for his eye & wounds.

How long has that tank been set up?
How much live rock is on there where did it come from?
Protein skimmer?
How big is the tank?
Tankmates?

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