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Pink flaps/ internals sticking out of anus.
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 12:20 am
by kanakaku
Checking if anyone can help identify problem with my Green Spotted Puffer. As the picture shows, pink internals sticking out of anus. Problem started about 6 months ago. Started small and slowly grew bigger. I thought it was constipation and it would come out one day. I have had my puffer about 7 years now in a 12 gallon Marineland Eclipse tank by himself in full saltwater. He has always been happy and healthy, still happy, but not sure about healthy now. Still acts the same as always and a really good appetite. I do a 40% water change once a month. Feed a couple dry shrimp twice a day and a live snail twice a week. No changes made to the tank in over 2 years. Other than the pink flaps sticking out, he seems very happy and healthy.
Re: Pink flaps/ internals sticking out of anus.
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 8:24 am
by Pufferpunk
He is terribly stunted in a tank way too small for him. I don't see the answers to ALL the Qs above. Knowing the exact water parameters are VERY important to diagnosing a problem.
In a SW system with enough live rock to support a Nerf football-sized fish (the size of an adult GSP), I'd suggest a 55g tank. My thoughts are he has organ prolapse, as his body is stunted but his organs are growing too big for the stunted body.
He also needs a much more varied diet, especially crunchy foods. Epsom salt MAY help at 1 tbsp/5g but the fix will only be temporary, as he needs a MUCH bigger tank. Never mind, what a miserable existence he must be living with nowhere to swim to!
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Re: Pink flaps/ internals sticking out of anus.
Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2015 3:31 am
by kanakaku
Thank You Pufferpunk!
I appreciate your quick response and I will definitely find a larger home for him.
Kanakaku