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Hi everyone, I have my pea puffers for more than a year. Last month I noticed one of my DP’s tail had a blurry spot. It’s been a month now it is eating well fighting well and greeting me whenever I am close to the tank. But today when I looked again I think the blurry part is more white and slightly bigger than before. I’m not sure if I’m imagining it. I can’t tell if it’s ‘cotton’ like fungus as I can’t see any texture or if it’s changing colour. Is this normal? I don’t want to treat it if it’s well… please see photo. She was dancing while I took pictures thank you very much in advance.

I really can't clearly see what you are referring to. Yes, DPs are notoriously difficult to photograph! You can always try treating it with Pimafix.

Thank you Pufferpunk. In the photo there is one faded spot just above the belly. I have attached another photo with a circle. I can still see the shine of the skin so I don’t know if there’s any fungus on it if it’s just a different in skin colour. This one love to be photo! not the others though

Here’s another photo. Thank you!

Is the circle raised or flat?

It’s flat. But that spot is not as clear as other spots…

It looks like a pufferbite.

Oh… so should I just leave it or move it to hospital tank? She eats and play well so I worried that I might make it worst if move her… thank you!

She should be fine but you may need to separate the culprit. Is your tank heavily-decorated?

I don’t think it’s heavily decorated. Probably about 30-40%
They have been in the same tank for over a year and I can’t tell who the culprit was. Sometimes she’s the one who attack first but most of the time they stay together quite well… hm… could be a one time thing? So tricky!! Wish they could talk! I will keep an eye on them. Hopefully it won’t get worse. Thank you again!

How many puffers are in what size tank? Puffers kept in multiples need a heavily decorated tank with lots of broken lines of sight.
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The tank is 180l, I have 4 puffers and 4 harlequin rasbora. They don’t bother one another and all of them occupy swim across the whole tank. The pea puffer tends to rest in the open water area near the front at night while the rasbora further back in the tank in between some plant.

If you read that article, peas prefer to live in groups of 6 or more. You certainly have room for many, many more. It will dilute their aggression.

Ah!! Thank you! So is it possible for me to add few more now? I think I found the culprit. One of them is more aggressive towards the other three!

I just read about re scraping when adding new one. Thank you!