Had to burp my Burrfish!!

[seanothon]

So my Spiny Burrfish just puffed up and sucked in a bunch of air, as well. It was floating around on top and so I quickly attempted a burping. I had heard about this but had never done it. If you don't know already, the burrfish has spikes all over it so I was having a hard time trying to press on its belly with my hands so i just held it under with a net, face toward the surface. Eventually it started burping up air and that got most of it out. It floated around for a minute longer then got all the rest of its air out, along with some food from earlier.

Everything seems fine now. Its been about 45mins and its eating again. Anything else i should take into consideration?

As a bonus I had my camera setup out so I got the whole thing on film... This will come later for everyone

 

[GrendelPrime76]

thats crazy but im glad u were there to spring into action and cant wait to see the video

 

[THEDLO]

thats crazy but im glad u were there to spring into action and cant wait to see the video

what he said! :eek1:

 

[syrinx]

When we had a shop we had to do that very often- never was a problem- and quite the sight I am sure to the passerby. I never really squoze them though- usuall orienting them vertically was enough.

 

[seanothon]

Here is a little preview

 

[vegasr]

Oh wow. What made him puff up you think?

 

[AC2020x]

Can't wait to see the video.. Looking forward to it.. Looks like a real healthy guy!