EASY THERE BOY!!!CALM DOWN!
EASY THERE BOY!!!CALM DOWN!
came out of shower today to this (in chronological order):
Is this pic amazing or what! Check how far out it comes from his mouth. A little face in a bubble.
Opening mouth wide arching back to blow out water
Almost done! whew...
Can still see the spikes in skin
As you can see he has little spikes that protrude and even stay there when he is deflated for about ten seconds...the whole thing from start to finish took about 30 seconds. He fights a bit to get the water out. Wiggles and looks at me blowing out water. It was funny and not cool at the same time. I wonder what could've stressed him.
Twice I've seen this in a week now. Ever since the tiny snowflake moray has been in the tank. But I watched him laying next to the eel yesterday looking at him for some time with no reaction whatsoever. I don't understand.
Is this pic amazing or what! Check how far out it comes from his mouth. A little face in a bubble.
Opening mouth wide arching back to blow out water
Almost done! whew...
Can still see the spikes in skin
As you can see he has little spikes that protrude and even stay there when he is deflated for about ten seconds...the whole thing from start to finish took about 30 seconds. He fights a bit to get the water out. Wiggles and looks at me blowing out water. It was funny and not cool at the same time. I wonder what could've stressed him.
Twice I've seen this in a week now. Ever since the tiny snowflake moray has been in the tank. But I watched him laying next to the eel yesterday looking at him for some time with no reaction whatsoever. I don't understand.
Last edited by Snausy on Wed Oct 11, 2006 12:51 pm, edited 2 times in total.
100gal Seaclear(86 actual gallons... LIARS!)
1 Australian Harlequin Tusk, 1 dogface puffer, various damsels...
1 Australian Harlequin Tusk, 1 dogface puffer, various damsels...
It does actually. Next time I'll try to do that...hopefully there won't be one anytime soon though.
I wouldn't know how to post video here. I have no ftp server if that's what I need.
And this folks is why you don't catch puffers in nets. Can you imagine!
Here he is what...not ten minutes later on his perch hangin out with his buddies like normal. As if nothing was ever wrong. What a freak! Where are the spikes? Skin is soft and smooth now.
I wouldn't know how to post video here. I have no ftp server if that's what I need.
And this folks is why you don't catch puffers in nets. Can you imagine!
Here he is what...not ten minutes later on his perch hangin out with his buddies like normal. As if nothing was ever wrong. What a freak! Where are the spikes? Skin is soft and smooth now.
100gal Seaclear(86 actual gallons... LIARS!)
1 Australian Harlequin Tusk, 1 dogface puffer, various damsels...
1 Australian Harlequin Tusk, 1 dogface puffer, various damsels...
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heh, I guesstimated the 30 seconds but looking at the time stamping it turned out to be...exactly 30 seconds.
9:16:45 first pic
9:17:15 last pic
It WAS a good thing the camera was sitting there on the table from yesterday PP. I missed the last opportunity but was ready this time. In my b-day suit and dripping wet maybe but camera in hand takin pics nonetheless!
Next time it'll be video on youtube if google hasn't changed anything.
9:16:45 first pic
9:17:15 last pic
It WAS a good thing the camera was sitting there on the table from yesterday PP. I missed the last opportunity but was ready this time. In my b-day suit and dripping wet maybe but camera in hand takin pics nonetheless!
Next time it'll be video on youtube if google hasn't changed anything.
100gal Seaclear(86 actual gallons... LIARS!)
1 Australian Harlequin Tusk, 1 dogface puffer, various damsels...
1 Australian Harlequin Tusk, 1 dogface puffer, various damsels...
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I'd be happy to host the video file for you Snausy, if you're able to get one. Just fire me a PM if/when you get the video. I can even compress it for you to make it easy for others to download/view.
You never know what he was thinking. He could have just been vying for your attention by showing off like some Mubus have been known to do.
You never know what he was thinking. He could have just been vying for your attention by showing off like some Mubus have been known to do.
My puffers do that from time to time. I heard they do that just to make sure they still know how! I had a stars and stripes and a snow flake eel and at night time I would look at the tank and the eel would be loosly wrapped around the puffer, so I would rule out the eel. It is pretty normal for the fish to blow up.
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