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sevenyearnight
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My Puffers: T. nigroviridis
Balki Bartokomous
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Re: sleeping puffers

Post by sevenyearnight »

Yes! We just about died from the overload of adorable...
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xrayjeeper83
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Re: sleeping puffers

Post by xrayjeeper83 »

The one time I caught Bacon sleeping, she was getting pushed across the front of the tank. Guess she picked a bad spot to sleep lol
RTR wrote:Fahakas do not have tank mates, they may have swimming food reserves.
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hadla
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Re: sleeping puffers

Post by hadla »

rotfl, i love how he swims out at the end like "what? i did that on purpose!"

yay another pic to add to my folder!
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sevenyearnight
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Balki Bartokomous
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Re: sleeping puffers

Post by sevenyearnight »

Lmao, he swam around the corner, when he saw the camera was gone, he curled back up and slept again in the same place.
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pufferfreak
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Re: sleeping puffers

Post by pufferfreak »

That's funny.

My puffer used to sleep resting vertically on top of the thermometer.
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xrayjeeper83
Mbu Puffer
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My Puffers: Fahaka named Bloat
Abei named Huey
GSP named Bacon
Location (country): USA
Location: Orange Park, FL

Re: sleeping puffers

Post by xrayjeeper83 »

Here is Bacon trying to fight the current while sleeping
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RTR wrote:Fahakas do not have tank mates, they may have swimming food reserves.
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blackghostknife
Green Spotted Puffer
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Re: sleeping puffers

Post by blackghostknife »

warning!!!!!! warning!!!!!!!!!!! adorable overload!!!!!!!
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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Tim
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Re: sleeping puffers

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Today I found Pig curled up in a ball sleeping "on the gravel". When I say "on the gravel" I more or less mean that he was getting rolled around in the current :lol: . Quite a ridiculous sight. He didnt even seem fazed. By the time I thought about my camera he had woken up already :(. It was similar to the video of Balki though.
*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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*A wild water plant appears, Pig the Green Spotted Puffer is intimidated*
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ehz_148
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Re: sleeping puffers

Post by ehz_148 »

HAHAHA..... seven!! your cute ball of spots had me in fits of giggles...i had to watch that vid several times...i even called my boyfriend up to see. Not sure if he was as entertained as I was though...he thinks I'm a little obsessed with my new little guys. I haven't really seen them sleep. But resting yes. I will hopefully get some good shots when I borrow a decent camera from my sister though.
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bertie 83
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Re: sleeping puffers

Post by bertie 83 »

Is it only me who has puffers who wont sleep when i am looking. I only saw my fahaka asleep a couple of times, the first time i thought he was dead and his eyes had been eaten. Not really seen him do it for more than a couple of seconds since. My dps just dont seem to stop to sleep at all
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xrayjeeper83
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Re: sleeping puffers

Post by xrayjeeper83 »

Great pic Tim


Bertie my fahaka does nothing but sleep, my abei I catch every night. My abei is weird he spends all day in his cave but goes behind his cave to sleep, he is fully exposed when behind the cave. Bacon on the other hand seems to always be up. Ive caught her one time sleeping trying not to get pushed around to much lol
RTR wrote:Fahakas do not have tank mates, they may have swimming food reserves.
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Re: sleeping puffers

Post by fahucker »

You know my fahaka has a little arch he sits under all day then he sleeps in the tightest place he can find! Like between the plants or something!
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ILoveLola
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Re: sleeping puffers

Post by ILoveLola »

bertie 83 wrote:Is it only me who has puffers who wont sleep when i am looking. I only saw my fahaka asleep a couple of times, the first time i thought he was dead and his eyes had been eaten. Not really seen him do it for more than a couple of seconds since. My dps just dont seem to stop to sleep at all
I've only caught Lola sleeping twice, and the first time I started crying because I thought she was dead, ahaha. I'm pretty convinced she doesn't sleep, as a general rule.
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Tim
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Re: sleeping puffers

Post by Tim »

When feeding time is over my puffer usually finds himself a corner and hovers near the water line taking a nap/resting.

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*A wild water plant appears, Pig the Green Spotted Puffer is intimidated*
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