In Distress: Fiji Blue Spot Puffer

treble

Member
My Fiji Blue Spot Puffer has been in my tank for about 3 weeks now and he seems to have acclimated to his settings and loves them...or so it seems. As far as changes made a Power Sweep Powerhead, one of those self rotation ones (very cool), addition of 10lbs of Natures Ocean Baged LS, pH buffer added to stabalize tank. HE SEEMS STRESSED! He is not sleeping tonight, I even left every light in the room off for 4 hours and hes still wandering, during today he would not come out and say hi to me or swim around outside of the live rock except at feeding time (yes he ate), this evening 30 minutes before lights off he sat down on a rcok and began to breath heavily??? I hope I dont loose him like I lost my boxfish...they are showing same simtoms, puffers still eating, I dont know what to do, I need everyones help on this, thanks alot, Evan
 

treble

Member
Well the only test that brought distress, not even that much distress, was pH and alk, they were 8.0 and 7dkh...I added some buffer and that should be fixed. Hes still in seclusion, when I came up and watched him for like 10 minutes this morning he came out for a lil but then went back in after feeding time, I got no ideas :(
 

dbrown9

Member
Well the only test that brought distress, not even that much distress, was pH and alk, they were 8.0 and 7dkh...I added some buffer and that should be fixed. Hes still in seclusion, when I came up and watched him for like 10 minutes this morning he came out for a lil but then went back in after feeding time, I got no ideas :(
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Can anyone explain this?
 
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