puffer looking down in out...

[StealthAssassin]

OK well i have a 8''in mbu puffer named ''DOMO'' and i have had him for a year already well i move the him and the tank he was in a few months ago to a room i dont go in alot. because im runing out of room in my house for tanks.. well he was doing fine till last month and it seems all he wants to do it lay on the bottom and when i feed him its like he cant see them blood worms and he bites the tanks till i hand feed him and put the food rite up to his mouth.if i dont do that he well not eat its like hes blind are something....
so can anyone help me??

BTW. i have no other fish in the tank just him...

 

[Pufferpunk]

My guess is you have too many tanks...

I have found there are several questions that routinely get asked in order to help diagnose problems. If you can have that information to begin with in your post, we'll be able to help right away (if we can!) without having to wait for you to post the info we need.

Your water parameters - pH, Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrates and salinity (if appropriate). This is by far the most important information you can provide! Do not answer this with "Fine" "Perfect" "ok", that tells us nothing. We need hard numbers.

Feeding, water change schedule and a list of all products you are using or have added to the tank (examples: Cycle, Amquel, salt, etc)

What changes you've made in the tank in the last week or so. Sometimes its the little things that make all the difference.

5) How long the aquarium has been set up, and how did you cycle it?

We want to help, and providing this information will go a LONG way to getting a diagnosis and hopeful cure that much faster.

 

[Hoyo12]

Def. sounds like a blind puffer. I had the same issue with a Porcupine Puffer that I had rescued. Didn't go so well....

 

[Pufferpunk]

Fish don't usually just go blind. Generally a symptom of nitrite poisoning.

 

[StealthAssassin]

Fish don't usually just go blind. Generally a symptom of nitrite poisoning.

if thats the case is there a way i can help him... i had a buddy take care of him and i dont think he cleaned the tank when it was needed i was gone for a few weeks and when i came back he was like that.... its like he cant see!!!

 

[Pufferpunk]

Yeah, follow my sig. When was the last WC? If not in a very long while, you've got to get the parameters back to pristene slowly, like by doing 20% daily water changes. Test for ammonia, nitrite, nitrate & pH, then get back to me.