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Hi I have some gsp and my big 1 is on top floating and he puffed up he is a few months old some 1 help don't msg me on here msg me on yahoo or aol or aim

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Please hurry any 1

Moving this to the hospital forum. Please answer all of the questions at the top of the forum.

please anaswer the quaeation above but it sounds like the puffer needs burping to me

latinlegacy760 wrote:Hi I have some gsp and my big 1 is on top floating and he puffed up he is a few months old some 1 help don't msg me on here msg me on yahoo or aol or aim

Aim latinlegacysd
Aol latinlegacysd

Yahoo im ll_latinlegacy_ll

Please hurry any 1

I was reading all nite my walrus is 1.5 yes I did cycle I used bio also marina salt tank is 500 gallons I fixed him I burpped him and he is normal now thanks though

my #### is 1.5

What's that? Glad burping helped.

glad he's ok now

what's burping? and how do we know if our fish needs burping?

Puffers are designed to puff up by sucking in water, not air. If taken out of the water, or startled when at the surface, they can sometimes puff up with air instead. This is bad, because they can't expel the air as easily as they could with water, so they get "stuck".

Then they need us to help by "burping" them, basically holding them under water, nose up, tail down, and shaking them gently or lightly rubbing their belly to get them to release the air easier.

They can die if they don't release the air, so its pretty important to take care of it right away.

I am so glad that Clooney has never needed burping :S