The Puffer Forum

Ammonia 0, Nitrites 0, nitrates 0 (lowest setting), tanks been running since January, 50% WCs weekly.
2 DP tank mates acting/swimming around normally. The loreti has not moved for an hour now, she has her head facing/ resting on the gravel with her tail up in the air. Breathing a bit hard, very little eye movement. I tossed a snail right in front of her and she wasn't interested at all.
I just checked on her again now, and shes doing the same thing except shes moved to the other side of the tank. Yesterday she was acting fine, swimming around normally. Any help is appreciated, thanks.

Shes now swimming around a bit, but not very well. shes bumbing into everything and eventually sinks back down to the ground.

I think shes gone now...

Sorry for your loss.
As I understand it you just added the fish to your tank?

Sorry to hear that you've lost her

Yea I just got her monday I beleive.

sorry to hear that kass. you know the shape we get them in... so don't feel too bad...

kass wrote:Yea I just got her monday I beleive.

The probable reason is exhaustion and stress.
Her latest change of enviroment was probably one to many.
Hopefully she will not have brought disease into your established tank.
I would monitor the tank closely for the next few weeks.

Phaedrus wrote:sorry to hear that kass. you know the shape we get them in... so don't feel too bad...

Yea its unbelievable at how bad of shape the puffers come in to pet stores, When a store gets a shipment of puffs in there is almost always a bunch of them dead on the bottom. It doesn't seem as bad for the other fish.

Monitoring the tank is a good idea. I just did a big water change and will do another tomorrow.

I kinda want to replace the dead one...but I'm not sure if its a good idea to do that right now.