My fahaka is puffed up

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CHUCKY
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My fahaka is puffed up

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my fahaka ate to much then spit it out then ate it again then its been puffed up for atleast 30 min. is it going to go down?
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He may be able to burp it out himself after while. If not, check out this article from our library.

http://www.thepufferforum.com/forum/lib ... ir-filled/
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Are you overfeeding him?
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...

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Once a day I feed it a small piece of market prawns this time I tried 2 pieces of salad shrimp.Could that be the reason?
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How big is it?
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Post by CHUCKY »

its 3" and everything is fine now thanks for all the help
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