Muttley

My puffer inhaled quite a bit of air this morning and is now floating helplessly on the surface. he dosn't look to good. what should i do.

aquarist48

I'm sorry to hear about your puffer. I haven't owned one myself so I can't give you any first hand information. From what I've read the situation your fish is in could be fatal. I don't think there is anything you can do but wait and see what happens. I wish I could help you more. I'm sure some puffer owners will be on and see this before too long. Best of luck and I hope it gets well.

pinkfloydpuffer

I hope your puffer is still ok.
What you'll need to do is grab your little guy so that he is inflated again, and point his head up and massage his tummy to 'burp' the air out of him.
Good luck!

aquarist48

Pinky wow!!! I've never heard of that. I sure hope he's going to get well. Should she keep the fish under water and do this? Does it need to come out of the water to get more air in it and then burp it? lol I'm not laughing at the bad situation just burping a fish.

fishrule101

I never heard of this before. Is he blown up?

aquarist48

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puffer_fish
Check out the link that I found. Look under the section Natural Defenses and it tells how to burp it. Good luck and keep us posted.