puffer emergency

Yeah he's pretty much back to normal. There's some bruising but the swollen area is all gone, so I'm thinking he's fine.
 
A healthy puffer should be strong enough of a swimmer not to get stuck on a filter intake, if it had a gard on it.
 
That was the problem, somehow the strainer fell off the intake pipe so it was just an open pipe end.
 
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