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sevenyearnight
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Balki Bartokomous
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Re: sleeping puffers

Post by sevenyearnight »

Lol Tim, that sounds adorable!
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xrayjeeper83
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Re: sleeping puffers

Post by xrayjeeper83 »

FINALLY have some decent photos of 2/3 sleeping puffers

Huey up first, nothing but cuteness
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And Bloats big give away that he is alseep is his unibrow
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RTR wrote:Fahakas do not have tank mates, they may have swimming food reserves.
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Tim
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Re: sleeping puffers

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sevenyearnight wrote:Lol Tim, that sounds adorable!
I'll try to put a picture up later :) . I took one this morning but I have no idea how it turned out.
*A wild water plant appears, Pig the Green Spotted Puffer is intimidated*
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Tim
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Re: sleeping puffers

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xrayjeeper83 wrote: And Bloats big give away that he is alseep is his unibrow
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Thats great :D
*A wild water plant appears, Pig the Green Spotted Puffer is intimidated*
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sevenyearnight
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Re: sleeping puffers

Post by sevenyearnight »

Omg, that one of Bloat is too cute!!
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hadla
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Re: sleeping puffers

Post by hadla »

lol at the unibrow
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blackghostknife
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Re: sleeping puffers

Post by blackghostknife »

too cute
The woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang the best. Use the talents you possess.

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Re: sleeping puffers

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I love Fahaka unibrows!!!!!
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Re: sleeping puffers

Post by Srkoe »

How big is bloat now?
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xrayjeeper83
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Re: sleeping puffers

Post by xrayjeeper83 »

Id say close to 9in. I havent measured him in along time
RTR wrote:Fahakas do not have tank mates, they may have swimming food reserves.
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sevenyearnight
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Re: sleeping puffers

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Nothing could have prepared us for the cuteness awaiting us when we got home today after morning errands:

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bertie 83
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Re: sleeping puffers

Post by bertie 83 »

He's so cute
It's amazing how easy maintenance is. If done regularly and thoroughly
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xrayjeeper83
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Re: sleeping puffers

Post by xrayjeeper83 »

I finally caught Bacon sleeping the other day, but forgot to upload the pics.

Its so funny watching them try to sleep/swim to keep upright and in 1 place
RTR wrote:Fahakas do not have tank mates, they may have swimming food reserves.
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DrKennethNoisewater
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Re: sleeping puffers

Post by DrKennethNoisewater »

haha! good video.
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Pufftastic
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Re: sleeping puffers

Post by Pufftastic »

So Balki is sleeping and getting moved around by the current? That's adorable!

I still haven't caught my F8s sleeping. And I've tried!
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