Mbu Puffer Maybe Ill

[Atrixblue.-MFR-.]

hi my MBU puffer "pika" has drained her lovely colour on where her black patterns are have faded? she is still yellow underneath, still eating, but less active hiding infact, ph is 7.2 ammonia 0.01 nitrite 0.00 nitrate 0.12 water temp 28deg cel. she's been like this since i put her in a bigger tank i bought with malawi's in they over powered her at feeding times, pika is a really peacefull puffer, i have removed rehomed the malawi's now thinking that they were too active for her and stressing her out, but since removal of them she has sat in her cave and sometimes look as if she's panting, i have got two blushing angels (a breeding pair) two opaline guarami's about 4 inches long by about 2 inches high!! (i seem to over grow my fish somehow) and 2 congo tetra's about 3 inches long and 1 1/2 inshes high exluding fins 2 plecs but different species, recently added after the malawi's went.

i have a juwel vision 450, with a massive eheim external filter (sorry dont know model of it yet)

could it just be that she's adjusting to the tank mates or maybe she's i'll?

 

[Jacko-Ainze]

Well It could be a number of different things such as growth sometimes, also the food you are feed it can occastionally effect the colour this is a very common thing so don't worry. It could also be due to stress ro something that has freaked it out.