Does your Fahaka do this to you?

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Does your Fahaka do this to you?

Post by mshill90 »

This is a video I took of my puffer... his way of telling me he's hungry.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATnHUEItNfU
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Re: Does your Fahaka do this to you?

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Is that what that means? Because my GSP does that just about every day, but with a bit more vigor.

But then again my GSP is always hungry, he tried to eat the thermometer when I first installed it. :lol:
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Re: Does your Fahaka do this to you?

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Yep, Filbert does the teeth on the glass thing all the time.
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It looks like the puffer is trying to talk sometimes, too.
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Re: Does your Fahaka do this to you?

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No... But one of my DP's tries! (Biddy)

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Re: Does your Fahaka do this to you?

Post by lesleyanndunn »

yea mine does it as well

its still mind blowing to think that my fahaka can get to that size 0_o
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Re: Does your Fahaka do this to you?

Post by FADE2BLACK_1973 »

Yep but mine does it awhole lot and extremely active at it until I feed him.lol.
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Re: Does your Fahaka do this to you?

Post by carlov2004 »

mine does that except he like to swish his tail more and make water go all over the floor!
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Post by geronimo69 »

Everytime I walk up to the tank... :o
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Re: Does your Fahaka do this to you?

Post by RTR »

Yup! F-8s, Fahakas, GSPs, and T.mbu all do the same.

That is also a likely cause of so many hunter-predators being obese in tanks. They have conditioned their owners too well.
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Re: Does your Fahaka do this to you?

Post by Clowntje »

I never saw this before with my Fahaka. Can it be that her teeth are less long?

I know she has teeth because i hear her crunch on her food, but never managed to see them.
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Re: Does your Fahaka do this to you?

Post by FADE2BLACK_1973 »

Good grief does my fahaka have teeth that he loves showing off but likes to chew on the pieces of crushed coral substrate and a smooth piece of lace rock in his tank. It's a good thing though. I believe it helps with the teeth along with the hard shelled food. I used to see my stars and stripes puffer chew on the rocks in his tank many many years ago too.
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