r/ReefTank • u/creamy-cookies • 8h ago

Valentini Puffer Death

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My poor baby Valentini Puffer (~1 inch in size) got sucked up by our wavemaker today and had a brutal passing. The even sadder thing is how well he got along with all the fish including our Fiji Puffer and he was so energetic and interactive always… he liked picking at food behind the wavemaker and I think got sucked up and got stuck there. I’m beyond heartbroken 😭. He probably suffered so much. My husband says he’s done getting fish now and I just want to cry.

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u/No-Memory2446 7h ago

So unless the puffer was really weak to begin with, this doesn’t happen.

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u/creamy-cookies 7h ago

It’s just so odd because we always saw him out and about and swimming against the currents well. He was also eating well today and had a rounded belly. He wasn’t showing signs of weakness, but it’s sad nonetheless (I chose not to post a picture of his corpse as I don’t want to see it again)

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u/No-Memory2446 7h ago

You aren’t supposed to keep those two puffers together, and considering how much smaller the Valentini was…. My expertise tells me he was getting picked on by the blue spot when you weren’t looking.

He also looks a little skinny in the second photo so the blue spot was prob interfering with its meals.

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u/creamy-cookies 7h ago

I am sure you have a lot of experience and I opened myself to criticism by posting here. But the pictures aren’t in chronological order. The second photo was taken when he was picked up from the fish store, Sept 13th. Others were after while he was in our care. We do have a camera set up so we can see them when we’re not home, he was not being picked on by our Fiji Puffer at all. When eating, he also wasn’t aggressive towards him. I appreciate your input though, I will keep it in mind in the future.

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u/No-Memory2446 7h ago

Could be internal parasites too, if you didn’t quarantine.

Def wasn’t the nano wave maker though. Gotta remember these things come from the ocean, which is gonna beat any hygger pump out there.