puffed then died?!

[Tanyoberu]

Ok, so my dog face puffer is doing fine. A bit shy in my tank but eating and swimming about frequently enough to look normal. I come home and he's puffed up with water because he's at equal bouyancy, but it never deflates. It was swimming around and then after a few moments, died. Is that a normal thing? Perhaps it could not deflate the water?

My tank is brackish but at 1.016 currently (the same that was at the pet store where I purchased it.) All other parameters look normal. It just ate some store purchased shrimp.

 

[sostoudt]

a puffer should never inflate in a aquarium, it means somethings wrong.

i dont know alot about dogface puffers but i always thought they were full salt fish with a salinity of 1.020-1.025

 

[mr.reef24]

was the puffer ever exposed to air? and what are your water parameter's?

mr.reef24

 

[RyanP]

a puffer should never inflate in a aquarium, it means somethings wrong.

i dont know alot about dogface puffers but i always thought they were full salt fish with a salinity of 1.020-1.025

X2^^

 

[Tanyoberu]

According to online resources Dog face puffers are one of the few puffers that live in and can tolerate a diverse range of salinities ranging from 1.010 (or lower) to full strength. I read that they actually do better in an environment that mimics the change in salinity (euryhaline).

I didn't do any tests, but the water is changed 20% weekly. I did just add two FW Moray eels that I rescued from a FW tank and quarantined and acclimated them in another tank. Other than that it was the time to actually DO a water change so I can't say if some parameter spiked off the chart.

The only witness I have is my 5 year old who called me excited saying the puffer was puffed! When I got home she said that my target fish (terapon jarbua) were swimming around the puffer, but she couldn't say if they were harrassing it or not.

 

[Jeox]

a puffer should never inflate in a aquarium, it means somethings wrong.

I've seen some really jumpy one that do it if you catch them offguard walking up to the tank.