Puffer died and I dont know why

[leftyblite]

I got up this morning and found my porc puffer laying on the bottom as normal in his hiding spot but when I came to the front of the tank he didn't come out to greet me. Not totally unusual, then my daughter came up to the tank and Spike always wants to see her but he didn't move. I reached into the tank and he was gone.

I've had him in my 150G tank for over a year now. He was about 2in when I got him and was about 6in when he died. He didn't appear to have any marks on him. I checked my water parameters and they were Nitrite-0 Nitrate-0 Amonia-0 PH-8.2 Salinity-1.023. He appeared to be acting normal last night and ate just fine. I'm at a loss as to why he died. He was my first saltwater fish and my favorite. His personality was great. Does anyone have any ides what might have happened? I'm also taking a sample of my water to the LFS this morning to have them check it.

 

[psusocr1]

what are the tankmates?

 

[leftyblite]

His tanksmates are a blue tang, a bicolor angel and a foxface. The foxface and the puffer usually stayed in the same cave during the night.

 

[kirkaz]

Originally Posted by leftyblite
His tanksmates are a blue tang, a bicolor angel and a foxface. The foxface and the puffer usually stayed in the same cave during the night.
sc0rp_XIII had his passer angel killed by a foxface, were there any marks on the puffer? The spines on the fox are poisonous as i'm sure you know.

 

[leftyblite]

The puffer got stung a few months ago by the foxface and was ill for a couple of days. I checked the puffer for any marks like what showed up last time he got stung but there were none. I also checked the foxface for broken spines but again there were none. I had my water checked by my LFS and the parameters came up the same as mine, so again I'm back to

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[sc0rp_xiii]

sorry for your loss... I did not want to chance any other fish getting stung so I took the Foxface back to the LFS. My passer had a noticeable swollen spot on his side so I attributed his death to the foxface. If you can't say for sure that it was the foxface, consider the puffer may have had something wrong with him that you couldn't do anything for. I'm sure that happens from time to time as well, again, sorry for your loss

 

[leftyblite]

The puffer and the foxface accidently got together once when feeding and the puffer got stung. He was out of it for a couple of days and then was fine. At that time I noticed a broken spine on the foxface and the puffer and a swollen spot on its side. This time there was no broken spine and no swelling on the puffer. The foxface was buddies with the puffer, and tonite I watched the foxface going in and out of the hiding places that him and the puffer usually went at nighttime. Its like he is looking for his friend.

 

[scubaguy]

That SUCKS, sorry for your loss.