Why did my puffer die (pics)

[kjfan1]

Hmm. Crazy. Such a pretty puffer. I kinda want one of those. Kinda want walt sater again.

 

[Zoodiver]

If you have bubbles all over the rock/walls, you have super saturated your tank. It leads to air embolisms in the fish. Not a disease at all, just a physical reaction they can't live through.
I would guess at some point your filter return or power head started to pull air in from the surface, and spun it into micro bubbles via a tiny venturi. It happens more than you'd think.

 

[saltwaterulz]

ok thanks man so is there any way to prevent it or no?

 

[J-P]

cold water? It retains O2 that expands when meeting warm water causing a bulbing effect.

Kind of like when divers get "the bends"

 

[PEVINE11]

hey, i just wanted to say sorry for loss, beautiful fish it was.

 

[saltwaterulz]

ph 8.2 ammonia nitrate nitrite 0, water temp is at 80

 

[Zoodiver]

I'd figure out where the bubbles came from. Then go from there.
Was the tank low at some point? Filter return ever snag air? How about the power head?

 

[Kevin8888]

Agreed^^^ figure out the possible air source and then you/we can figure out what needs to be done.

 

[TheCanuck]

Agreed^^^ figure out the possible air source and then you/we can figure out what needs to be done.

Where have ya been?

 

[Kevin8888]

Where have ya been?

lol I havent been posting much I got sick of answering questions that anyone starting aquariums should know (like diatoms for example) lol. So I've been chilling in the rock/coral, and ID/disease section mostly haha.