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I went to bed this morning and as I walked in the room I glanced over at my Turgdis' tank. He was the size of a tennis ball and attacking the filter intake!!! As soon as he saw me he deflated and ducked under his stump looking ashamed. I gave him a little time to settle and then gave him a few worms so he wouldn't think I saw him.....then I laughed, real hard!
"Darwin swings...annnnnnd a miss. Boy Jim, Chuck's suffered at the plate tonight. He's 0 for 3 and I'm not sure he's recovered from that shoulder pull a few weeks ago. I'll bet the front office is re-thinking that contract."
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Awww
puffers are funny fellas
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Cute!
"I will give you a talisman. Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test. Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man whom you may have seen, and ask yourself, if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him or her. Will she gain anything by it? Will it restore her to a control over her own life and destiny? In other words, will it lead to freedom for the hungry and spiritually starving millions? Then you will find your doubts and your self melt away."

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BUT NO PICS.
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hahahhhahaha... i swear, sometimes i think we'd need to have cameras setup at night or when we aren't in the puffer tank room to see what they do when we aren't around... i'm sure there must be some funny moments...
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Hmmm...I wonder how many times our puffers puff up without us there.......
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It makes me wonder too. I was cleaning and doing a big WC today and accidentally touched him with the siphon. All he did was go dark and cruise away to a corner, no puff or even looked like he was going to try.
"Darwin swings...annnnnnd a miss. Boy Jim, Chuck's suffered at the plate tonight. He's 0 for 3 and I'm not sure he's recovered from that shoulder pull a few weeks ago. I'll bet the front office is re-thinking that contract."
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I saw my Fahaka puff up once early in the morning and samething when he saw me quickly deflated and hid like he was ashamed.
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Dadof4 wrote:It makes me wonder too. I was cleaning and doing a big WC today and accidentally touched him with the siphon. All he did was go dark and cruise away to a corner, no puff or even looked like he was going to try.
My oto swam into the attachment on my siphon yesterday. :shock:

Luckly, the entry into the tube is so small that none of my fish could swim into it and get stuck. 8)
"I will give you a talisman. Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test. Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man whom you may have seen, and ask yourself, if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him or her. Will she gain anything by it? Will it restore her to a control over her own life and destiny? In other words, will it lead to freedom for the hungry and spiritually starving millions? Then you will find your doubts and your self melt away."

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I wonder why they don't like us to see them puff. My palembangensis puffed once, but deflated as soon as she saw me. Afterward she pretended she had not done it. Her face was pretty funny: "I've done nothing. Nooo thing...." :lol:
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My old valentini puffed but once he saw me deflated. Its weird how they deflate when we see them.
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Troender wrote:I wonder why they don't like us to see them puff. My palembangensis puffed once, but deflated as soon as she saw me. Afterward she pretended she had not done it. Her face was pretty funny: "I've done nothing. Nooo thing...." :lol:
That is the EXACT SAME THING that happened to me, i caught homer semi-puffed up, and when he saw me look over he quickly deflated and just stared at me like i was crazy staring at him for so long waiting to see if he would do it again!? :?
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One of our newest editions puffed today, trying to show a sunken battleship 100 times her size who is boss :lol: Joeri (other half, who is pretty new to the puffer thing) yelled and said "Oh no! Whats wrong with the puffer?!", and had to explain what it was upto! :D But she saw us watching her puffed up like a little pea and quickly deflated and swam away! :lol: so cute 8)
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My first brackish tank was also the first time I tried puffers. I had 3 figure 8s in a 60 gal. with a scat and a mono sebae. For some reason one of figure 8s puffed up I was so scared I thought something bad was happening, I must have tested the water 3 times in 2 hours and kept my eyes on it for 5.
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Sunshine puffed once and I caught him...he was the size of a basketball. I wish I was able to get pictures of it.
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