The Puffer Forum

it seems he may be burrying himself in sand more than usual.... could that be a sign of anything wrong? ive been feeding him some new foods lately, like human grade shrimp with shells, and frozen mysis shrimp, and i have some frozen glass worms im planning on feeding him soon... are those all okay?

just seems wierd that he just started doing it more frequently for the past 2 days than he was before. he moved from his gravel tank to this one with sand 2 weeks ago. temp is about 81 degrees. my paramaters are ammonia/nitrite 0. nitrate 10. so those are good. could he just be full from his big meal the other day? gave him 3 pieces of shrimp (which is usually more than i feed him at one time.) i usually feed him a smaller meal once every other day, but i went 3 days because everyone says to with adult fahakas so i figured id try it.... but i felt bad cause i dont like venturing away from his normal feeding schedule. so i figured id give him a big meal that day to make up for it and continue with his normal schedule.....

do fahakas burry themselves more frequently when something is wrong? could it be constipation? am i just paranoid? could he just now be realizing he has comfy sand to burry into?

I think some burying species, may take a while to do this. My fahaka never buried himself. As long as he's still eating, I wouldn't worry.

lol, then i must be paranoid, cause he eats like a MONSTER!

For a wile Faya also did it, and a friend of mine told me that when they have a growth period that they do it more..

it is very normal hers a friend and his fahaka puffer they like t be buried our not its in there nature for sure
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T46LmMy83H8

haha theres a lot of inacurate info on that vid... and it sure looks like its been more than a week since the last time he siphoned... maybe kukah is just a tad more thorough when he eats lol... cause his tank NEVER looks like that

Samson has only half buried himself a couple times, but then he is only a baby still, but if I let him, he'd never stop eating LOL!

Don

Grows to 3' & eats baby goats?

Pufferpunk wrote:Grows to 3' & eats baby goats?

haha i know rite? how ridiculous! and he said he would net the puff and see if he can get him to inflate in another vid... im wondering if this is the same guy from that one thread... the video is now removed... and i never got to see it... but thats what it sounded like... wasnt this vid irritating to watch? lol i dont care how much Kukah doesnt like water changes, id never burry him without his consent... that puff probably sits there because he doesnt know what else to do!

That's a TON of leftover food!

yea it is! notice how he said he does it once a week lol either someone is slacking on their water changes, or he is SERIOUSLY overfed doesnt matter which of the 2 it is, poor fishy

At least he knows enough to keep the puff in a pretty good sized tank and feed appropriate food...I've seen worse videos on Youtube, this guy was mostly funny to listen to. Seriously, three feet? Hahahahaha. I hope he didn't make it puff though.

johnnyfishtanks wrote:it is very normal hers a friend and his fahaka puffer they like t be buried our not its in there nature for sure
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T46LmMy83H8

hey johnnyfishtanks, is that your fahaka in the vid? i saw you had a fahaka on another thread... sounded to be about the same size... just wondering... if so, shes beautiful