Water Change.

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Water Change.

Post by fahucker »

Does anyones puffer get stressed out when you do water changes?
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xrayjeeper83
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Re: Water Change.

Post by xrayjeeper83 »

Bacon stresses out if anything goes into his tank
RTR wrote:Fahakas do not have tank mates, they may have swimming food reserves.
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Pufftastic
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Re: Water Change.

Post by Pufftastic »

My F8s hate water changes. They try to jump out! I have to leave the versa-top on the tank until the water level is low enough that I know they can't make the leap to freedom.
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Re: Water Change.

Post by geronimo69 »

My fahaka just goes into his corner until I'm done. Doesn't stress him out at all.

I have another tank with some tiger barbs... They love water changes. They always swim into the current of new water that I'm dumping in.
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fahucker
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Re: Water Change.

Post by fahucker »

Weird....Mine freaks out a lot! He will be all happy swimming around and stuff and as soon as I start sucking water out he freaks and starts breathing heavy and stays in his little bridge! He could also be stressed because I moved his tank from one wall to the other wall so he is facing West instead of east now...
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Re: Water Change.

Post by bertie 83 »

My fahaka generally goes on the attack and acts really pissed. On the occasions he doesnt he just sits and watches me
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Re: Water Change.

Post by fahucker »

See our fahakas are wayyyyyy different! Mine is almost like a GSP very personable and not really aggressive at all.
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Re: Water Change.

Post by puffpaddy »

Benji always gets curious and tries to attack the syphon haha.
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bertie 83
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Re: Water Change.

Post by bertie 83 »

My fahaka aims for skin
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Re: Water Change.

Post by xrayjeeper83 »

My fahaka just lays there. I literally have to use the siphon to move him out of the way if there is something underneath him, and even then he only moves a few inchs and lays back down lol
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Re: Water Change.

Post by goldielocke76 »

xrayjeeper83 wrote:My fahaka just lays there. I literally have to use the siphon to move him out of the way if there is something underneath him, and even then he only moves a few inchs and lays back down lol

lmao!!
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Re: Water Change.

Post by ILoveLola »

I do little water changes every other day or so during the week (like, 10%), and Lola (F8) acts really interested, swims around, plays in the water I'm pouring back in, etc.
Then on the weekend I do a 40-50% water change and she gets pissed. Turns black and sulks in a corner or under her tree. Haha.
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Re: Water Change.

Post by chuckfriedrice »

Petey has started to investigate the syphon.
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Re: Water Change.

Post by goldielocke76 »

PZ hates when I do them. She hides in the fake plants and if she has to move, she darts into another hiding spot. After I fill the water up, she won't come out until I bring her a little blood worm. After she gets her worm, she forgives me LoL
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36g: Luau the F8, Zebra nerites x8, sometimes a herd of ghost shrimp for food
60g: Perches the starry blenny, 1 watchman goby Snaps the l.c. hermit, 2 emerald crabs, 1 red crab, 2 turbos, 7 asteas, 2 nerites, 2 clown gobies and 2 firefish gobies (upgrading to a 90 gallon reef)

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Re: Water Change.

Post by Srkoe »

My Fahaka gets stressed. Gets his angry unibrow going...he pretty much stays in one spot though. I have to fight all the others to keep them from the siphon tube...P-Nut attacks it.
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