Ares my Fahaka buried.

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Srkoe
Fahaka Puffer
Posts: 770
Joined: Tue Feb 08, 2011 2:46 pm
Gender: Female
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6 Dwarfs "the peas"
2 Figure 8 "Fugu"&"Gizzard"
1 Honeycomb Toby "Ashera"
2 Congo "P-Nut"&"Bevo"
1 mystery puffer (turgidus?)"Manson"
Location (country): United States

Ares my Fahaka buried.

Post by Srkoe »

Ares was angry because I took everything out of his tank to give it a ghod scrub down. Don't mind the foggy water, the sand was stirred up. I promise his water doesn't look like that! I fixed his hurt feelings with a shrimp though :)

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El Scorpio
Fahaka Puffer
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My Puffers: none, at the moment...
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Re: Ares my Fahaka buried.

Post by El Scorpio »

Huh! I didn't know that Fahaka's buried themselves - are they an ambush puffer or do they only do it when threatened?
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Srkoe
Fahaka Puffer
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Gender: Female
My Puffers: 1 Fahaka "Ares"
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2 Figure 8 "Fugu"&"Gizzard"
1 Honeycomb Toby "Ashera"
2 Congo "P-Nut"&"Bevo"
1 mystery puffer (turgidus?)"Manson"
Location (country): United States

Re: Ares my Fahaka buried.

Post by Srkoe »

I know that juvies often bury, but he is about 7" now. He was having a stressful day and it was way past his bedtime!
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Blaine

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Post by Blaine »

My fahaka is a good 9-10"...he buries himself every day after eating. Just 2 big eyes sticking out of the sand
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Troender
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Re: Ares my Fahaka buried.

Post by Troender »

Blaine wrote:Just 2 big eyes sticking out of the sand
But you can bet he is watching your every move still! :lol:
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Srkoe
Fahaka Puffer
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Joined: Tue Feb 08, 2011 2:46 pm
Gender: Female
My Puffers: 1 Fahaka "Ares"
2 GSP "Wally"&"Marty"
6 Dwarfs "the peas"
2 Figure 8 "Fugu"&"Gizzard"
1 Honeycomb Toby "Ashera"
2 Congo "P-Nut"&"Bevo"
1 mystery puffer (turgidus?)"Manson"
Location (country): United States

Re: Ares my Fahaka buried.

Post by Srkoe »

I loved seeing him buried, I was so cute!
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Blaine

Re: Ares my Fahaka buried.

Post by Blaine »

It's really cool to watch them bury themselves. They take in a huge belly-full of water,..then blow 1 or 2 big puffs into the sand,...then slide right in underneath before the sand settles.
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c333davis
Figure 8 Puffer
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Location (country): Jacksonville, FL, USA

Re: Ares my Fahaka buried.

Post by c333davis »

Cute!
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zookey
Figure 8 Puffer
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Location (country): United States

Re: Ares my Fahaka buried.

Post by zookey »

When I saw the title I was thinking "buried" in a different manner.... as in RIP Glad to see I was wrong.

Then when I was reading your post, the picture took a minute to load and the eyes in the sand looked like frog eyes to me for a minute.

He is sure cute peaking out like he is. My GSP has started puffing sand smoth before laying down for naps and bed at night..... didn't realize they did that.
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Srkoe
Fahaka Puffer
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6 Dwarfs "the peas"
2 Figure 8 "Fugu"&"Gizzard"
1 Honeycomb Toby "Ashera"
2 Congo "P-Nut"&"Bevo"
1 mystery puffer (turgidus?)"Manson"
Location (country): United States

Re: Ares my Fahaka buried.

Post by Srkoe »

Haha!!! Now that I think of it the title does sound a bit morbid!
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xrayjeeper83
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Re: Ares my Fahaka buried.

Post by xrayjeeper83 »

Ive only caught Bloat bury himself once, but i dont have enough sand for him to bury all the way. He was just half way buried
RTR wrote:Fahakas do not have tank mates, they may have swimming food reserves.
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greenspottedlover
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Re: Ares my Fahaka buried.

Post by greenspottedlover »

Nice puffer! Wish I had the room(or the budget) to get a Fahaka.
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Srkoe
Fahaka Puffer
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My Puffers: 1 Fahaka "Ares"
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2 Figure 8 "Fugu"&"Gizzard"
1 Honeycomb Toby "Ashera"
2 Congo "P-Nut"&"Bevo"
1 mystery puffer (turgidus?)"Manson"
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Re: Ares my Fahaka buried.

Post by Srkoe »

Give it time!! One day! He is soooo awesome though :)
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Pufferpunk
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Re: Ares my Fahaka buried.

Post by Pufferpunk »

I've only seen Filbert bury himself if he got spooked.
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FADE2BLACK_1973
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Re: Ares my Fahaka buried.

Post by FADE2BLACK_1973 »

xrayjeeper83 wrote:Ive only caught Bloat bury himself once, but i dont have enough sand for him to bury all the way. He was just half way buried

Xray, I bet you have enough sand it might do to Bloat being too fat to bury himself.....lol...jk. Sorry had to say it, it was out there and had to go in for the kill... :hyper:
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