The Puffer Forum

Hi im new to the forum and puffer owning. I have a porcupine puffer whom i addore. Love him like my dogs, who are my children. He is always very social and i love that about him. "Juke" is only 3ish inches long. Iv had him for 4 months. My 150 has been going for 5 months, pretty new but i test a few times a week. All levels are at 0 except ph which is 8.4. i also have a damsel and a potters angel. Love them all but recently iv wittnessed my angel being some what aggressive. he seems to have claimed all of the rock n cave area as his own. He flick his taill and dirt at Juke. Not all of the time but my porc seems like hes getting stressed. Breathing heavily occasionally, not as active. Still has an apetite but i cant think of anything else that could be bothering him. I havnt made any changes to my tank since iv had them. He has no visible problems. I feed frozen mysis, snails and sometimes gut loaded ghost shrimp. Iv tried multiple other food which he spits out. Very picky but still never turns down the foods listed above. i think he is acting strange because of the bullying. He will suddenly act strange then better for a few days then lethargic again. I love the angel but juke is my main fish and i considering rehoming the angel. Not quite sure what to do but i dont wanna wait til its too late! Any advice or insight? Thanks

Hi and welcome to the forum. I think the bullying could potentially be the cause of the problem, puffers are very smart and depend on comfortable surroundings in order to thrive. Try rehoming the angel and see how he does then.

Yes time to rehome the Angel. Puffers come first.

Thank you. Absolutely right, puffer comes first. I rehomed the Angel 2 days ago and iv never seen Juke be more active. As sad as it was, seeing him happy makes me feel like it was the right decision.
Tho as im wring this he just puffed up. Seemed like for no reason. Then he went back to normal size and swam off like nothing. Iv seen him puff randomly 3 times. Is this normal?