The Puffer Forum

So the puffs have been great and fantastic, noticed after the last couple of weeks one getting bigger in length and width. Also even after starve days getting his podge on. He is the better feeder and hunter out of the two - picking off the cherry shrimps in there.

So these pics are taken as of now, they have not been fed today, they were fed yesterday and not day before. Do I need to worry?

My "normal" puffer


The fat or air trapped or obese puff?




Water parameters all as expected (ammonia 0, nitrites 0, nitrates now 20 after new test kit).
2 schoutedenis, 4 starlight plecs and couple of male guppies.
Change 50% water weekly. Dose daily carbon and weekly ferts. Feeding variety of usual foods for puffs and at least 1 starve day a week though upping this to 2 per week.
Tank been up since Nov 2017, fishless cycled in the end after false start.

Looks OK to me!

I'm like you do i Can you introduce me I do not want to be in the water like this.

@Pufferpunk - thank you for that. He just seem's to be pot bellied the whole time and the other skinny and not growing as much. I'm a silly worry puffmum.

One of my two schoutedeni also looks like your pudgier one. Relieved to know that our two roly-polys are ok! Thanks for posting this question!