Puffer Help!

[SaltwaterNuB]

I just added a porcupine puffer yesterday. He seemed fine, this morning I woke up and found him stuck under 1 of my power heads. I shut the power head of and he swam away. No he has this huge hump on his back... Has this happened to anyone else? Will he be ok? What do I do...?

 

[Terrance]

Let him heal on his own. If you see any open wound, then qt and use external antibiotic medicine.

 

[SaltwaterNuB]

Ok, there aren't any noticeable open wounds. Just scales gone. I feel bad for the little guy. I'll keep an eye on him. Do you know if they bounce back pretty fast? Thanks T.

 

[Terrance]

Im not sure. I have never followed up on the puffers that get stuck in the powerhead. For such an active puffer, I would think he would go back to normal behavior within 1 week.

 

[judymayes]

Sure hope he is ok Good Luck with him

 

[Shaker]

It happened to me once and I've seen countless other post on the same issue

 

[Shaker]

Check out pufferforum it's a site dedicated to them. I sure hope its okay. Just remember young puffers and powerheads don't mix

 

[SaltwaterNuB]

Thanks for the advice. Since I got home his bump has gone away. I unplugged both of my AquaClear 50 & 70 power heads. He's been hiding behind the rocks a lot this evening. Hopefully he snaps back to his normal self.

 

[Shaker]

Wow glad the bump went away already. When it happened to mine it was a terrible looking wound. If I was you I would try not to cause any stress to him for a couple days. He probally is not going to eat soon either

 

[SaltwaterNuB]

Ok I'll just let him be. He ate a couple shrimp this evening. I also dropped 2 clams in there. I guess he'll eat them when he's ready. Did yours make it? Yeah his bump was crazy. I'm surprised he didn't puff out.

 

[Shaker]

No mine died about two hours afterwords

 

[SaltwaterNuB]

All that sucks. Sorry to hear that. Have you replaced it with anything?

 

[SaltwaterNuB]

One would think that our puffer wouldn't want anything to do with this power head that nearly killed him, but it seems like he enjoys being right by it. I found this cone shaped filter for it. Seems to cut back on the draw in.

 

[Terrance]

Your cover looks good. I got something bigger and uglier on my powerhead.

 

[SaltwaterNuB]

Should be plenty to keep him from getting sucked up again. Right...

 

[judymayes]

I was wondering what kind of substrate in you tank
?

 

[SaltwaterNuB]

L.S and crushed coral. He's looking great, made it through the night with the new filter on. He's been so interactive. Even started to eat our of my hand. Pretty cool .

 

[judymayes]

substrate

Sorry what does the LS stand for and am gled you lil fella id better I love my Puffers they have suh great personalities

 

[SaltwaterNuB]

Live sand. Thx