Pea puffer is terrified

I had to move my pea puffer tank from my dorm to my house last week (campus closure, yaaaay..) and I don't think the puffer took it very well. The whole process involved getting scooped out of the tank and a 3 hour car ride... now, he's more shy than I've ever seen him, even when I first bought him. He shoots away to the back of the tank at any sign of movement outside the tank, darting around like a ping-pong ball in the plants. Snails and worms I offer lower his mood from "abject terror" to "extremely suspicious" at best. Is he just stressed from the move, or are these signs of bigger trouble of some sort? How can I get him to calm down again?

Edit: I haven't gotten the chance to test parameters, but there's a small population of cherry shrimp that are foraging and breeding without a care, so I'm pretty sure that's not an issue.

 

I had to move my pea puffer tank from my dorm to my house last week (campus closure, yaaaay..) and I don't think the puffer took it very well. The whole process involved getting scooped out of the tank and a 3 hour car ride... now, he's more shy than I've ever seen him, even when I first bought him. He shoots away to the back of the tank at any sign of movement outside the tank, darting around like a ping-pong ball in the plants. Snails and worms I offer lower his mood from "abject terror" to "extremely suspicious" at best. Is he just stressed from the move, or are these signs of bigger trouble of some sort? How can I get him to calm down again?

He's probably still stressed out. Give him a few days.

 

He’s thinking about what happened and why. When I had pea puffers they where the sort of fish that thought about things, like new objects. Give him a few days and he’ll be fine, travel is new to him.
FYI, when I had a pair of pea I switched decor and rocks every time I cleaned the tank cause I loved how they explored their habitat. That’s just me, I figured they liked thinking about new objects.

 

I have a pea in an 8.8 with an otto cat and a couple small guppies and he is always front n center like u mentioned yours was so he is most likely gettin used to his long ride and new parameters. Definitely check them and see if their close to how they were before including ph. that may be why he is being skiddish. Goo luck/!!

 

The parameters shouldn't be too different, because I just put the water in a jug when I drained the tank and poured it back in. I'll check anyways I suppose.