Congo Puffer Please Help

[joloco]

my congo keep hiding his eyes by retracting them into his body - is this normal?

he also keeps baring his teeth and looking like he's trying to dislodge something but i only got him yesterday and he's not actually eaten anything yet....

i'm pretty sure i heard him make a small noise whilst he was baring his teeth...

what could be wrong?

i tried him with a mussel last night but no joy, i took it out this morning and added a prawn in its shell but he's still ignoring it. there are also some live river shrimp and snails in the tank which he's ignoring.

what can i do?

ph 8.5
ammonia, nitrate and nitrite 0

 

[WILDER]

Strange, didn't no congo had teeth, is his mouth wide open as that a sign of something lodged in the mouth.

 

[WILDER]

Check the gill area to see if they are pale with excess mucas, or red and inflamed.

 

[joloco]

neither sypmtoms

and oh yeah he has teeth - big ones!

i bought him from paulMT who said i shouldn't worry and that he's just not settled in yet....
maybe i'm worrying over nothing

 

[WILDER]

Ok good luck, he is in a shoal of congo's.

 

[joloco]

was that last bit a question?

he's own his own now if it was.

made a dash for a snail earlier but lost interest in it be fore eating it
also made two dashes for a mussel earlier but again seemed to loose interest



c;mon puffer do me a favour - eat!!

 

[Fella]

I've replied to this thread in the oddballs section.


And wilder, it's a congo puffer, I think you might be confusing it with a congo tetra.

 

[WILDER]

Sorry yes I thought it was a congo tetra.

 

[joloco]

sorry in my haste i didn't specify