The Puffer Forum

If you notice, there is a black border that is underneath his green, and above his white. It spends alot of his time sitting against the heater. Could these be burns or are they stress related? Don't mind the algae on the back wall. I leave it on that wall for the mollys to pick at.

Temp 79F
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 15
pH 8.0
Salinity 1.016

Probably just normal coloring. Mine has the same. Doesn't look like the skin is damaged in any way.

Mine was, however, highly stressed by mollies and I had to remove the mollies eventually. They've been out of the tank for a long time now and he's still very shy and "brow-beaten," hiding whenever its not feeding time.

Hmm. I wonder if that is why he is acting shy lately. I guess I am going to have to acclimate the mollys back into freshwater to see if he perks up again.

It could very well be why he's shy and hanging out on the heater all the time. That's what mine was doing until he got too big to fit behind the heater, then started hiding under the decor (I had removed the mollies already by then). But the activity of the mollies, as well as them bullying him during feeding time, really has affected him.

Tried a molly with Shakespeare once, it followed him like a tiny annoying yapping dog and he was stressed all day, so I removed it to my GFs community tank. Shakespeare gets along with Jillybean, another GSP, much better.

So last night I re-acclimated the mollys to my freshwater community. Today puffy is out and about, his stress colors are gone. Very cool. Thanks for the help guys.