So Mickey has been blowing his food out for a while now, but eating some too...
Last night when I fed him, he was blowing as usual; but I noticed he kept baring his teeth(plates) when he tried to eat. His plates aren't visible when he's not eating and he looks all healthy(all chubby and blimp-like); but when he eats, pulls his lips back and bares his plates... Not sure if it's just because he was pulling his lips back, but they looked HUGE! (about 1/2cm long top and bottom)
...is this cause for concern?Does anyone else's ball of puff bare their teeth when they eat?!
Mickey's Teeth..or is he just crazy?!
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puffermama
- Figure 8 Puffer
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puffermama
- Figure 8 Puffer
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Seems like he is happy to see you, lol.
<80 gal> 2 GSPs & a Ceylon!
<75 gal> 3 Figure 8s & 1 Butterlfy Goby
<75 gal> *Empty*
<55 gal> 3 Gymnothorax polyuranodon (FW eel)
<30 long> Pair of Lorteti's & Irrubesco's, 1 DP, Endlers Livebearers, Clown Pleco, Royal Pleco, 2 Bumblebee Cats
<20 long> 4 Flounders
<4 gal> 2 Sparkling Gouramis & 3 ottos heavily planted
~Tihsho~
<75 gal> 3 Figure 8s & 1 Butterlfy Goby
<75 gal> *Empty*
<55 gal> 3 Gymnothorax polyuranodon (FW eel)
<30 long> Pair of Lorteti's & Irrubesco's, 1 DP, Endlers Livebearers, Clown Pleco, Royal Pleco, 2 Bumblebee Cats
<20 long> 4 Flounders
<4 gal> 2 Sparkling Gouramis & 3 ottos heavily planted
~Tihsho~
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lisalisa
You will notice that they are over grown when they are visible when the puff has its mouth close. I have done about 5 dentistry jobs on my puffs so far. 1 on each of my 2 GSP's and one on each of my figure 8's when I had got them.
<80 gal> 2 GSPs & a Ceylon!
<75 gal> 3 Figure 8s & 1 Butterlfy Goby
<75 gal> *Empty*
<55 gal> 3 Gymnothorax polyuranodon (FW eel)
<30 long> Pair of Lorteti's & Irrubesco's, 1 DP, Endlers Livebearers, Clown Pleco, Royal Pleco, 2 Bumblebee Cats
<20 long> 4 Flounders
<4 gal> 2 Sparkling Gouramis & 3 ottos heavily planted
~Tihsho~
<75 gal> 3 Figure 8s & 1 Butterlfy Goby
<75 gal> *Empty*
<55 gal> 3 Gymnothorax polyuranodon (FW eel)
<30 long> Pair of Lorteti's & Irrubesco's, 1 DP, Endlers Livebearers, Clown Pleco, Royal Pleco, 2 Bumblebee Cats
<20 long> 4 Flounders
<4 gal> 2 Sparkling Gouramis & 3 ottos heavily planted
~Tihsho~
Just him and some crazy (nocturnal) catfish (they don't mix... I think Mickey considers himself above the bottom feeders!)
Well I do like the idea of him "smiling"... thought it was a little more like a menacing growl at the time, but now I'm warming to it!
So last night I received some Java fern(which I had to ORDER online because noone stocks it here) and some bizarre plant I've never seen(let alone paid for) and Mickey was MAD! He was baring his teeth all over the shot and attacking the floating plants, pulling them down by their roots and pulling the java fern off the rocks I'd wrapped them around...
...I don't think he's smiling!
Can't see his teeth when he's just got normal facial expressions; just when he's attacking something, he pulls his lips back and shows them to the world...guessing, then that they just LOOK big because he's making them?
Well I do like the idea of him "smiling"... thought it was a little more like a menacing growl at the time, but now I'm warming to it!
So last night I received some Java fern(which I had to ORDER online because noone stocks it here) and some bizarre plant I've never seen(let alone paid for) and Mickey was MAD! He was baring his teeth all over the shot and attacking the floating plants, pulling them down by their roots and pulling the java fern off the rocks I'd wrapped them around...
...I don't think he's smiling!
Can't see his teeth when he's just got normal facial expressions; just when he's attacking something, he pulls his lips back and shows them to the world...guessing, then that they just LOOK big because he's making them?
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puffermama
- Figure 8 Puffer
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I know he's cool! Couldn't stop laughing at him getting all riled and pulling the plants down, getting all tangled in them and then panicking and darting off before coming to the front of the tank as if to make sure we were watching!......just was worried about his teeth being possibly overgrown...so we're looking at a general consensus of "no"?!
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puffermama
- Figure 8 Puffer
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Hm, does consensus normally sound this quiet?
... maybe consensus could be a bit tricky?
... could you try tapping on the glass to see if they're still there?
Oh well, I'm off to watch K9 and Rover :25: I keep hearing this voice telling me to do water changes 24/7... must be going crazy, it can't have been a week already, or do you get the same thing?
... maybe consensus could be a bit tricky?
... could you try tapping on the glass to see if they're still there?
Oh well, I'm off to watch K9 and Rover :25: I keep hearing this voice telling me to do water changes 24/7... must be going crazy, it can't have been a week already, or do you get the same thing?
You might want to add ghost shrimp to your tank. They will help your puffers 'hunting' senses.
<80 gal> 2 GSPs & a Ceylon!
<75 gal> 3 Figure 8s & 1 Butterlfy Goby
<75 gal> *Empty*
<55 gal> 3 Gymnothorax polyuranodon (FW eel)
<30 long> Pair of Lorteti's & Irrubesco's, 1 DP, Endlers Livebearers, Clown Pleco, Royal Pleco, 2 Bumblebee Cats
<20 long> 4 Flounders
<4 gal> 2 Sparkling Gouramis & 3 ottos heavily planted
~Tihsho~
<75 gal> 3 Figure 8s & 1 Butterlfy Goby
<75 gal> *Empty*
<55 gal> 3 Gymnothorax polyuranodon (FW eel)
<30 long> Pair of Lorteti's & Irrubesco's, 1 DP, Endlers Livebearers, Clown Pleco, Royal Pleco, 2 Bumblebee Cats
<20 long> 4 Flounders
<4 gal> 2 Sparkling Gouramis & 3 ottos heavily planted
~Tihsho~
All three of my ceylons do that before every feeding time.
I'm so relieved!