speedo2wet
Sharks!!!!
I have a guinefowl puffer and his belly is a littly big at the moment but continues to rest and sit infront of the over flow. Should I be worried?
300 gallon fowlr
300 gallon fowlr
not sure - Puffer ?
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Puffers can get constipated? How can you tell? My dog-face has a strangely bulging belly occassionally. I couldn't figure out what it was until i saw him "pooing" all this sand, which I'm presuming he ingests when picking up food from the substrate. Is this a potential way they can get consitpated?
reefergeorge
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Puffers like to sit and kind of get puffer massages from ph and overflows. I wouldn't worry as long and he is eating well and feed a variety of foods.
mine will lay right on the rocks and snooze for awhile then wake up and take a huge dookie bomb and he'll be fine until next time when things don't come out so good
speedo2wet
Sharks!!!!
Thats good to hear, I did place some de-nitrate in the water column to help. He does eat very well. I do see him laying in the air bubble column with a hugh belly and sitting next to the overflow. His color will change untill he takes a hugh dookie as ABSINT REEFER has stated. lol.
luv951
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What are you guys feeding your puffers?
I do a mix of seafood from the grocery store and Nori (all blended together and frozen). My puffer never drops a huge stinky loaf :eek1: ...but he does poop sand all the time. I know that its not from picking food off the bottom since he devours the food while its still floating. I just figured that they pooped sand. When I was less knowledgable in the nineties and fed live fish and cocktail shrimp, he would poop a solid nug. but not since switching to my real seafood cocktail.
OK, this is kinda funny at this point :lol:
BTW my puffer has always taken lazy breaks - he likes to hide in two cave type structures I have made with my LR, but he always keeps one eye out, scanning the tank and my fam.
Perks up in the evening when we all get home.
I do a mix of seafood from the grocery store and Nori (all blended together and frozen). My puffer never drops a huge stinky loaf :eek1: ...but he does poop sand all the time. I know that its not from picking food off the bottom since he devours the food while its still floating. I just figured that they pooped sand. When I was less knowledgable in the nineties and fed live fish and cocktail shrimp, he would poop a solid nug. but not since switching to my real seafood cocktail.
OK, this is kinda funny at this point :lol:
BTW my puffer has always taken lazy breaks - he likes to hide in two cave type structures I have made with my LR, but he always keeps one eye out, scanning the tank and my fam.
Perks up in the evening when we all get home.
reefergeorge
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My porc only had the um, loaf when I was overfeeding. Since then I cut back feeding and all seems normal. I feed mussels, clams, whole shrimp, krill, crab legs, silver sides, and he recently started eating fomula two cubes.
speedo2wet
Sharks!!!!
Ohhh well. Since I try and feed my angel three times a week then the puffer gets to eat three times a week too.
