Puffer blew up:X Anything I can do to help him?

[midgetwaiter]

Neomycin is not absorbed through the digestive tract, so all you will do by adding it to food is kill the bacteria in the gut. If you kill enough of it you will kill the fish. If you add it to the water it will be absorbed through the gills and will act systemically. However I'd skip the antibiotic unless you have some indication it it required. It is not something to be taken lightly.

Puffers tend to drift about sometimes when they are sleeping and this can happen, I've lost one this way. There is really nothing you can do but wait.

[Tigerarmy]

Sadly the puffer succumbed to his injuries last nightThank you all for your suggestions.

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

So sorry for your lose. One thing I often recommend to people keeping puffers is to watch out what kinds of powerheads you are using. They are not strong swimmers and can get stuck and hurt so easily. Especially when puffed. Koralia's are great for puffers. I have seen my burrfish puff up near one and she just gets pushed back around the tank The burrfish actually sleeps or lays ontop of the koralia quite often. They are very safe with puffers.

Sadly this happens all too often. Im not going to lie...Its happened to one of my puffers once with a maxi-jet and it also died.

Sorry again and I hope you find another dogface. They are such amazing fish!