Page 2 of 2
Re: How Often Do Your Puffers Puff-Up?
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 7:23 pm
by Mrs.Puff
schismy007 wrote:Brandon Rasberry wrote:When my fig 8 went up my siphon tube, he made a squeaky noise too!
I would not like to see any of my puffers in turmoil, but I'd be interested to hear this "squeaky" noise!
Yea i bought this pufferbook by Chris Ralph, i guess hes like a top pufferfish keeper. But I was cleaning my tank one day and put my puffers back in it and one of my puffers made a sqeaky noise like too teeth rubbing together or something and i just read in this book yesterday that they tend to make those noises when inflating, and also when deflating under water i guess in the book he said it sounds like a hissing noise.
Re: How Often Do Your Puffers Puff-Up?
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 8:18 pm
by Brandon Rasberry
whats the title of the the book? ive been looking for one
Re: How Often Do Your Puffers Puff-Up?
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 8:30 pm
by Brent
It's called Pufferfish (Practical Fishkeeping) - Chris Ralph
Another good book [so I've been told] is:
Aqualog: The Puffers of Fresh and Brackish Waters - Klaus Ebert
Re: How Often Do Your Puffers Puff-Up?
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 10:42 pm
by Brandon Rasberry
I heared the Aqualog is a good book too..... im actually thinking about purchasing it myself.
Re: How Often Do Your Puffers Puff-Up?
Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 7:10 am
by pufferpuggirl
The Aqualog book is excellent, it's like my Puffer Bible!! I think every puffer keeper should have this book, it blows all the others away. I've got the Practical Fishkeeping one and that's very generalised compared to Aqualog. The Aqualog one can be expensive, but it's worth it.
Re: How Often Do Your Puffers Puff-Up?
Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 11:54 am
by Brent
It's $42 on Amazon.com with free shipping.
Apparently Coles bookstore doesn't carry either of the books, so I have to buy it off of the internet. : (
Re: How Often Do Your Puffers Puff-Up?
Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 12:06 pm
by pufferpuggirl
You might end up getting it cheaper buying online than in a store.
Re: How Often Do Your Puffers Puff-Up?
Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 2:57 pm
by Brandon Rasberry
true
Re: How Often Do Your Puffers Puff-Up?
Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 7:36 am
by lilacamy931
Im after the aqualog one, I have the other and it is very general! Just waiting for somewhere to restock!
Re: How Often Do Your Puffers Puff-Up?
Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 1:37 pm
by Brandon Rasberry
did u try amazon?
Re: How Often Do Your Puffers Puff-Up?
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 1:34 pm
by snarferer
Not to un-derail this thread, but I was reading this and thinking "hmmm I've never seen my hairy puffer inflate." Then later that day I was siphoning water from the tank... I was talking to my girlfriend and not paying attention to where my baileyi was. Then I got a nice sharp bite! I screamed a couple of obscenities very loudly and left the room to stop the bleeding. As I was walking past the fishroom, I saw that my puffer was inflated! I went in to look at her and she saw me and immediately deflated. Of course I checked params and all that, but I think it may have been biting something that wasn't food and then hearing loud noises.
Re: How Often Do Your Puffers Puff-Up?
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 1:55 pm
by pufferpuggirl
That wasn't a derailment at all snarferer, it was quite interesting and still on topic as well!
Sorry you suffered a bite (and not to laugh at your pain, but I had to laugh when you said she deflated when she seen you looking at her -- for some reason that hit me as funny, sorry). I've not yet been bitten by my Baileyi, however, the suvattii has gotten me twice and so has my Congo, they are sneaky. I end up forgetting about watching them because I'm concentrating on sucking up the food particles and before I know it, they've got me! However, having said that, none of them have broken the skin ..... yet. And I hope that doesn't happen any time soon.