My Tetraodon Miurus (Congo Puffer)

[madugo]

My Tetraodon Miurus (Congo Puffer)

Sunny sorry i just saw the thread..
How is it doing now??
If nothing goes terriblely wrong i think it would be ok..very hard fish under my hand for all this time..i had a few times with the filter stopped working for a few days and it was still fine, also a few times very cloudy water and it did not seems to be stressed either.
One thing i would do is definally take the rocks out. I had no rock, only sand in my tank. Because it like to switch place to burry itself..i never seen it at the same place..it would switch a few places daily sometimes..so i suggest no or very little rock in ur 29. Its not that big of a foot print. If you like using rock. Use round rocks with no edge. Puffers do crazy things when they got scared or sudden change outside of the tank..( around the tank movement, sudden light on etc). My mbu does that all the time, slaming itself into rocks or glass..trying to escape i suppose. In your case, it might be this reason or it was an accident during the congo's esplore over the new tank, like got stuck between rock..
Again..not really a good idea to use heavy rocks in congo's tank imo..it might try to hide under the sand below the heavy rock and got stuck..who knows..i am sure you saw how it get itself into the sand lol..

As for the wound..just make sure the water is good, maybe a little salt would be good..try to not use medicane unless you really have to. Puffers are really sansitive to meds..

Let me know anytime if you have any question or concern.

[LooksLater]

Just checked on him, he's floating right side up fluttering his pectoral fins, chillin'

Good. So glad...

[SunnyHouTX]

Yes sir, WC with carbon bottle plus adding double dose of Prime/Safe. Only using Pimafix and Melafix

[eklikewhoa]

Careful with some of the harsh meds, it is a scaleless fish so their reaction is different.

I have some scaleless fish and their slime coat would start to shed at any hint of chlorine/chloramine.

[SunnyHouTX]

Thanks Ally.

[allysangels]

oh sunny... this has not been a good day! I agree with the hypotheses that piglet got his tail stuck... this would produce this type of wound. an antibiotic as a preventative is a good idea. hes in good hands.

[SunnyHouTX]

Thanks Luis

[New_Cichlid11]

Sunny, i hope he gets better man he is in good hands

[SunnyHouTX]

Just checked on him, he's floating right side up fluttering his pectoral fins, chillin'

[LooksLater]

Possibility, I've noticed my puffer will try to fit somewhere more than once before backing up. That theory sounds like a good one...

+1. And the weirdest things can spook Suki sometimes, and she's off like a rocket. I can see how Piglet would freak if his tail got snagged.

[nightster]

Re: My Tetraodon Miurus (Congo Puffer)

Possibility, I've noticed my puffer will try to fit somewhere more than once before backing up. That theory sounds like a good one...

[SunnyHouTX]

Thanks for your e-help guys!

What really odd is that there's a corresponding wound on the other side as well. Maybe his tail got stuck in between two rocks and he got startled and jetted off tearing his skin?

[nightster]

Re: My Tetraodon Miurus (Congo Puffer)

My guess would be the rocks. I've seen puffers startle and jet across the tank, maybe he made contact with one of the rocks. I agree it doesn't look bacterial. Hope he pulls through, sorry...

[LooksLater]

It would have me, too. Whew.

Good deal, I'm sure he'll be fine...funny thing about puffers- they are such drama queens and kings. I'm guessing it's just a combo of events- the moving and being unfamiliar with the terrain, sharp rocks and clumsy swimming, params and possibly copper making him slow or feeling icky.

You got this!

[SunnyHouTX]

I can always get substrate from my other tanks, so that's not a problem. Gonna let Piglet sit in the fry cage tonight and do the tank makeover tomorrow. Scared the crap out of me he did