Valentini puffer

[Ed77]

My Valentini puffer died a couple days ago. I'm afraid it may have put toxins in the water. I'm going to do a 50 percent water change. Should I be worried about my rocks and sand?

 

[eatbreakfast]

You don't need to worry about puffer toxins unless you try to eat it. If you are worried, just run carbon, but believe me, it didn't contaminate your water.

 

[Jesterrace]

Certain Puffers can release toxins into the water at death, but I don't believe the Valentini is one of them.

 

[Ed77]

Thanks for easing my mind guys

 

[eatbreakfast]

Certain Puffers can release toxins into the water at death, but I don't believe the Valentini is one of them.

Can you link to an occurance? Boxfish and trunkfish can, but that is rare. I would be dubious of that happening with puffers, since the tetradotoxin is internal and associated with the liver.