The Puffer Forum

Has anyone ever seen their F8's puff? I never have and I am just wondering if this is something that I will never see.

mine puffed....=( he puffed with air though, and died shortly after. RIP Eight Ball.

I have one, and he's never puffed (to my knowledge). I've had him since the end of March. I had actually gotten two, but the other one jumped out of the tank within 2 months. Then I got another one that died of IPs within 3 weeks of getting him. None puffed up. Even when my hubby tried to get them to puff by chasing them around the tank with the handle of a flyswatter (what was he thinking?!? ). Don't worry he was punished.

My exes puffed once when I trimmed his teeth. They get very pointy.

So in other words it's really not all that common for an F8 to puff unless extremely stressed out?

seems like it. iv'e never seen one puffed up other than the time mine did with air. i've never seen one in a store puff up even despite some little kid harassing the heck out of one.

I have 3 F8's.

I've seen one puff twice (different puffers each time)

The first time was when my smallest was in the transportation bag and I'd just got him home. I poured some tank water into the bag and he must've got a fright coz he 'half' puffed.

The second time I just happened to look into my tank and my middle one(aka Kev) was puffed up. Dunno what caused it but as soon as he saw me watching he deflated and swam away to hide... it was if I'd caught him with his pants down or something

It would be interesting to see if anyone has ever caught the puffing on camera. I know we had a discussion about GSP's and puffing a couple of months back and there was no photo evidence of that either. (Not suggesting anyone cause the puffing just for a shot) It would just be neat to catch one off guard.

I've heard anecdotal reports that they occasionally practice the puffing technique but usually at night with lights off and nobody to watch. Of course, with it being anecdotal it could easily be the case that an unwitting owner came down to the tank late at night when the fish were asleep, turned the light on, and hey presto it puffed out of fright...

One of mine has puffed - I came home to him stuck to a powerhead intake all puffed up, lol. I turned it off, he wiggled away and unpuffed, and that was that.

Nick wrote:My exes puffed once when I trimmed his teeth. They get very pointy.

How do you trim the teeth?

mandibabe wrote:

Nick wrote:My exes puffed once when I trimmed his teeth. They get very pointy.

How do you trim the teeth?

Here's a link to the dentistry article in the library: -

library/hospital/dentistry/

There's an article on it in the library (under the learn tab)

I know the last post was years ago but my new F8 (I've had him about four days) was swimming around the tank quite happily, paused for a second took a deep breath, puffed himself up about 2/3rds his body size, deflated and proceeded to continue his tank exploration! He worried me for a second but he seems to be fine! He's going after a snail as I type this.