The Puffer Forum

My husband and I bought a 2" porcupine puffer just about 2 weeks ago. At that time he had a little white growth on his belly, it seems to be growing right along with him... and kind of hangs off. It almost looks like he's starting to get similar spots along his back.

He eats fine and seems healthy... I really don't know that much about the tank levels... Only that we've got the salt level right. My husband takes care of that, but he doesn't speak English so that leaves me here with the question (unless anyone knows of a good Japanese language puffer forum??)

Sorry I can't give better detail than that... I guess I'm just hoping this is some common thing that someone would have advice about... If not I'll go back to my fish guy...

Thanks for reading!

(PS - Hi! I'm new here, the porc is my first fish ever, and this is my first post!)

Could you possible post a picture of the growth for us?

You came to the right place to help your puffer out.

You can see it hanging off his "chest" and the reflection offers a different view (sorry it's a little blurry but he's always moving).

We've had him about 4 weeks now and aside from this growth (and possible new ones appearing on his back, I'm not sure yet) he's seems healthy and happy. He's active, curious and eats well... But this white thing seems to be growing right along with him...

Any thoughts?