"Noisy" F8s.

[TheSmJ]

Often (especially before being fed for the day) I'll hear a noise coming from my Fig8s. It's sort of a cross between a chirp and a crunch sound... it's hard to describe.

Am I crazy, or are the fish making this noise somehow?

[YBeNormal]

I hear the same from one of my GSPs right before feeding, but even louder as he/she is chewing the meal. I can't say that you are not crazy ( ) but yes, puffers do make noises.

[Jayhawk]

My figure 8 is only noisy when crunching down on foods.

Eric

[Feathers&Fins]

One of my Puffs used to stick his mouth out of the water and croak at me. I've also heard tales of Puffs who spit. RTRs favorite Puff habit.

[Tihsho]

One of my Puffs used to stick his mouth out of the water and croak at me. I've also heard tales of Puffs who spit. RTRs favorite Puff habit.

I have to second the spitting puffer. I tank sat a friends trio of figure 8's (ended up with a 75 gallon tank in my living room floor for a few weeks ) and whenever I came around and opened the lid to either pick out debris (floating bodily waste/food puffers coughed up when I wasn't looking mostly the stuff that the filter most likely would miss) one of them (atleast i only think it was only one of them, unless they took turns) would spit a tiny bit of water at me.

[Pamela]

I sometimes hear a high-pitched crunch...Steve's heard it as well. I guess they're grinding their teeth, or rooting around and chomping on gravel/sand by mistake.
I've had them spit water at me, but only a couple of times when they were new.
Pami.