UPS is the Devil

I would be putting him into a QT tank, first suggestion, but it sounds like you're not going to do that.

2nd, make sure he has peace and quiet to recover. Maybe turn down all the flow in your tank but your return pump if you can. Keep the lights out, keep the other fish fed and make sure they arent bugging him.
 
Quarantine!

Are there any other tankmates?

Like I said before, leave the fish alone, in a quiet dimly lit tank, and offer plenty of food, and good clean water.
 
So I moved him into a seperate area a special netting, where he will not be harrassed, lights have been off since monday. I attempted to feed him just in case to no avail. What worries me most is he simply spins and does flips when he moves. He has no balance and cannot locate anything. I feel he is damaged pretty bad from the shipping and have contemplated putting him down multiple times, but do not want to act to quickly.
 
I'd let him try to survive... If he's made it this far he's obviously a fighter, I know it can be hard to watch though being an animal lover
 
I dont think fish experience pain like humans... they know something is wrong but I dont think it's sitting there hurting and wishing for death. We always want to put our "advanced" human emotions and intellect onto animals but for the most part it isnt needed.

Long story short, I wouldnt put it down unless it was 100% for sure going to die (like it had a hole through it and it was bleeding and leaking guts) and just keep taking care of it. I have had a couple fish come in bad and recover over time. Although it does kind of suck for you to have to deal with it when all you wanted was a healthy fish.
 
Gotsoup said:
So I moved him into a seperate area a special netting, where he will not be harrassed, lights have been off since monday. I attempted to feed him just in case to no avail. What worries me most is he simply spins and does flips when he moves. He has no balance and cannot locate anything. I feel he is damaged pretty bad from the shipping and have contemplated putting him down multiple times, but do not want to act to quickly.
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Sorry to hear, the golden is my favorite of all puffers. Keep your fingers crossed, you never know.......
 
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Pull through fugu!
 
Well, last night he began to swim around, he has lost some color and has not fed yet. But he seems more active. That being said I am pretty sure he is blind. He swims but usually just runs into things, he is set up by himself right now and I will try some live food today to encourage him to feed. His eyes are not cloudy, but they are not black like usual either. It kinda of looks like they are dilated. I do not know if this can be fixed??? I still have the lights off and he is on his own, he has improved some. The retailer extended my warranty over 30 days and said he would take care of it. I am not really sure what to do if the fish does not get his vision back. I just hope he keeps improving each day.
 
Just do a lot of water changes to keep the water perfect, his eyes may be burned, so it may take a while to either come back or become blind.
 
I'd personally want my money back on the deal, but I've had a blind fish before. They do OK, the problem is you have to target feed them. It's certainly not easy, but if you can keep them fed, they eventually figure out pretty well how to move around the tank and not just bang into everything.

Although if you have aggressive fish at all with him, he is just going to get picked up nonstop as he will never see it coming and be able to defend himself.
 
I know I will get the $$ back, I had a partially blind tusk once, that lived for multiple years, but he eventually got scared and slammed into a power head killing him. I plan on getting a new puffer. So what do I do with the one I have if he is blind? Kind of a crappy perdiciment...
 
I'd give him the best home you can, that would be the best outcome in my opinion, plus you already have experience with blind fish

Any way you can post a video?
 
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