Porcupine Puffer not eating / Mouth Issue

[retroreef2710]

Hey all. I’m hoping this isn’t a disease. Anyone know what’s going on with my puffer fish in the image? As of yesterday he stopped eating and now his mouth looks off…. He also is occasionally shooting around the tank like he is trying to get something off.

I have had him for over a year, and has been happy and healthy. Water levels are solid, and his diet is mainly jumbo raw shrimp, but he also eats muscles and I have him hunt crabs occasionally.

 

[blaxsun]

Bump for assistance.

 

[Mjrenz]

Hey all. I’m hoping this isn’t a disease. Anyone know what’s going on with my puffer fish in the image? As of yesterday he stopped eating and now his mouth looks off…. He also is occasionally shooting around the tank like he is trying to get something off.

I have had him for over a year, and has been happy and healthy. Water levels are solid, and his diet is mainly jumbo raw shrimp, but he also eats muscles and I have him hunt crabs occasionally.

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I’m not 100% sure if it’s just the way the light is hitting him in the picture but it kind of looks like it could be brooklynella to me

Brooklynella

Brooklynella hostilis What You Need To Know: * This is most often seen in clownfish, but it can afflict any fish. The fish’s skin will appear to be peeling or sloughing off, oftentimes causing excessive white mucous to form around the affected area(s). * Treatment of choice is a 45 minute...

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[Jay Hemdal]

Hey all. I’m hoping this isn’t a disease. Anyone know what’s going on with my puffer fish in the image? As of yesterday he stopped eating and now his mouth looks off…. He also is occasionally shooting around the tank like he is trying to get something off.

I have had him for over a year, and has been happy and healthy. Water levels are solid, and his diet is mainly jumbo raw shrimp, but he also eats muscles and I have him hunt crabs occasionally.

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A short video would really help in this case, gives me an idea as to the overall demeanor of the fish.

Jay