Just wondering if this is normal for a puffer

[artix43]

Is this normal for a puffer? And what does a curled tail mean

 

[betareef]

He doesn't look happy. Normally they would range over the whole tank - he is hiding. Curled tails don't mean much, puffers will close up their tails as they swim just using their pectoral fins sometimes, for example - they are not quite like normal fish.

 

[artix43]

He doesn't look happy. Normally they would range over the whole tank - he is hiding. Curled tails don't mean much, puffers will close up their tails as they swim just using their pectoral fins sometimes, for example - they are not quite like normal fish.

Is there a reason he would not be happy my water parameters are perfect

 

[artix43]

He doesn't look happy. Normally they would range over the whole tank - he is hiding. Curled tails don't mean much, puffers will close up their tails as they swim just using their pectoral fins sometimes, for example - they are not quite like normal fish.

He does range around the tank at night but during the day he does that or hides

 

[betareef]

Hmm... How long has he been in the tank? Is he eating?

What else is in the tank? Any aggressive fish (hard to imagine something attacking a spiky puffer though)? Any places to hide in rockwork etc?

 

[artix43]

Hmm... How long has he been in the tank? Is he eating?

What else is in the tank? Any aggressive fish (hard to imagine something attacking a spiky puffer though)? Any places to hide in rockwork etc?

Yes he eats and loves feeding time and a ton of places to hide. Other fish in the tank is snowflake eel. sailfin tang, and foxface but none have ever showed aggression. He as been in the tank for a week and half.

 

[betareef]

I would keep feeding him and watch carefully.

I had a wrasse that hid continually, but after a couple of weeks, he now comes to the glass and begs for food.

 

[betareef]

Also, I have seen eels and tangs and foxfaces all be a bit aggressive, again though, surely not to a spiky puffer.

 

[Seansea]

Ya I don't think aggression is a problem here.

How long have you had him? Fish are freaked out for a couple weeks in a new tank. Remember he was plucked from ocean, held in crappy lfs and then moved to your tank so he is freakin out. But these fish are bold and I woukd imagine in a week or so he will be coming right up to when you come near tank.

Also hoe big is your tank. I have seen these in the wild and they look like a huge watermelon with fins

 

[betareef]

Ya I don't think aggression is a problem here.

How long have you had him? Fish are freaked out for a couple weeks in a new tank. Remember he was plucked from ocean, held in crappy lfs and then moved to your tank so he is freakin out. But these fish are bold and I woukd imagine in a week or so he will be coming right up to when you come near tank.

Also hoe big is your tank. I have seen these in the wild and they look like a huge watermelon with fins

They do get big (I have caught them when fishing around here), and their beak can crunch through the thickest shells to get at the snail or bivalve meat. Love the big eyes though.

 

[artix43]

Ya I don't think aggression is a problem here.

How long have you had him? Fish are freaked out for a couple weeks in a new tank. Remember he was plucked from ocean, held in crappy lfs and then moved to your tank so he is freakin out. But these fish are bold and I woukd imagine in a week or so he will be coming right up to when you come near tank.

Also hoe big is your tank. I have seen these in the wild and they look like a huge watermelon with fins

150 gal