Help, my puffer fish has big white area on each side of mouth

[sbchandler]

Can you tell me what's wrong with my puffer and how to fix it. It looks like this on both sides of his mouth

fix it.

 

[Jay Hemdal]

This isn’t really a symptom of a specific disease, how long has it been like this?

Any other symptoms/issues?

Jay

 

[sbchandler]

This isn’t really a symptom of a specific disease, how long has it been like this?

Any other symptoms/issues?

Jay

No other issues. He's eating well, swimming around just fine and all of the other fish are fine with no symptoms. This primarily a 210 gallon fish tank with a few softees and some anemones. But the anemones have disappeared. Could he have eaten them and been stung in the process causing this.

 

[Ocean_Queenie]

Moved our puffer to a different tank and he started eating all the soft coral

 

[Jay Hemdal]

No other issues. He's eating well, swimming around just fine and all of the other fish are fine with no symptoms. This primarily a 210 gallon fish tank with a few softees and some anemones. But the anemones have disappeared. Could he have eaten them and been stung in the process causing this.

I wouldn't worry about that then. I just Googled dogface puffer and saw a few pictures with similar coloration, it may not even be an issue at all.

Jay

 

[sbchandler]

I wouldn't worry about that then. I just Googled dogface puffer and saw a few pictures with similar coloration, it may not even be an issue at all.

Jay

Thank you. I appreciate your support

 

[sbchandler]

Moved our puffer to a different tank and he started eating all the soft coral

As I understand it, Puffers can be that way. The can live with stuff for years and all of a sudden, decide one day that it's tasty. I know its a risk, but for some reason, my husband and I have never been successful at keeping a fish only tank with only rock and no Corals. It seems like the minute we put even just a few Corals in, we can get the tank stabilized.

 

[Ocean_Queenie]

As I understand it, Puffers can be that way. The can live with stuff for years and all of a sudden, decide one day that it's tasty. I know its a risk, but for some reason, my husband and I have never been successful at keeping a fish only tank with only rock and no Corals. It seems like the minute we put even just a few Corals in, we can get the tank stabilized.

Exactly, our mostly fish and rock only has a few coral that nobody has touched in over a year lol have a porcupine puffer in that one