not sure - Puffer ?

[speedo2wet]

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

[LisaD]

puffers can get constipated. really. how long have you had it? is the behavior unusual for this fish? how is your water quality? puffers can be sensitive to nitrates.

[wshive]

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]

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.

[Absint Reefer]

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]

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.

[stdreb27]

what is really gross is watching the other fish dive bomb the puffer's poo looking for food.

[luv951]

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.

[stdreb27]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11098163#post11098163 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by luv951
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.

He gets a fresh oysters, and some frozen home made fish food. He'll drop a massive loaf.

[JJ21]

I'm lmao :lol:

[luv951]

like, really a loaf? Seriously here....is it like a log or kinda scattered bits of poop?

Wonder why mine only seems to poop sand. I have fed clams and oysters as well, but never gotten solid duke out of him.

Maybe hes shy and only poops at night when no one is around?

[reefergeorge]

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.

[luv951]

OK, so how often do you feed. I feed my guy about four times a week. Twice with my frozen blend (pretty much like yours) and twice with just Nori.

What about others, how often do you feed?

[speedo2wet]

Ohhh well. Since I try and feed my angel three times a week then the puffer gets to eat three times a week too.