The Puffer Forum

Hi everybody! My name is Christina and I had someone drop off their puffer to my aquarium shop last week so I've only had him for a short while. She said he is a Mappa Scribbled but I think might be a member of the dogface family. He was living in her tank for years with a Stars and Stripes puffer, both about the same size: about 7 inches. When they came into my store they went into the same 40 gallon breeder and seemed to be living peacefully. Yesterday, I noticed what looked to be some sort of bubble-like mark on him. It's basically just his skin protruding in multiple spots. Are they air bubbles? They are much worse this morning than last night. Also: I did a 20% water change on Monday, Ammonia= 0, Nitrite= 0, Nitrates are about 15ppm, Salinity= 1.021,[img][img][/img][/img]and PH= 8.2. I have since moved him to his own 40 gallon tank but the system he is in holds about 700 gallons and he shares the water with a few hundred fish. I've been feeding him krill and clams on the half shell. Can I do anything? I have two hospitals he could go in, one treats for bacterial with furan, and another with copper for parasites, but I was reading they could be just air bubbles? Any help is appreciated, I hate when they suffer!!

P.s I can't figure out how to attach a picture to this forum...I can email someone if they are willing to look. Thanks in advance!

You have to upload the pic to: www.photobucket.com & link it here.

Mappa is from the DF family of puffers. They both sound extremely stunted, so who knows what's going on with their internal organs... Check our Pufferpedia for their potential size, if growing normally.

Hey thanks for the quick response. Here are the photos:

http://s1372.photobucket.com/user/chris ... t=3&page=1

I was thinking maybe Arothron Dogface, or maybe Arothron Mappa? I'm not convinced of either. An id would also be helpful. Thanks again!

Definitely not a mappa: ug.php/v/PufferPedia/Marine/A_Nigropunctatus/