The Puffer Forum

Do your puffers just lay on the bottom most the day and tend to only get up when yall come around? Im curious if its just Bloat or if all fahaka's do it. Honestly makes his tank kinda boring to watch from the couch, he is in my dining room, cause he lays in one corner under a piece of DW all day long. Once in a while will come out and circle a peice of rock and then go back to his spot. I have been chalking it up to his bad eye and him not being able to see all that well. But I wonder if others are the same way.

Yes, Filbert's a lazy fellow.

my puffer is very active,
he does rest at the bottom as well
comes flying out when sees anyone pass the tank,

could be maybe because of his bad eye
every fahaka is different i spose as well.

after a feed, they do rest and digest their food.
the big gluttons!

Filbert's favorite position:

Awesome pic !!!

Snag is the same way.....sticks around his cave. Buries himself in the sand when he's done eating.

He usually comes out and swims when I'm around....

Yeah, Filbert's a big beggar.

OK good, glad its not just Bloat. I guess I just worry cause of his eye

Is it getting better?

Kaya is very active especially when she doesnt notice that we are watching her. She likes to cruise slowly trough her tank exploring evrything. But she can also be lazy and just lay down on the sand or bury herself. But always when she sees that somebody is watching her she comes to the front glass.

Pufferpunk wrote:Is it getting better?

No change at all, I think its permanent. I can dangle a piece of food right beside him and he wont see it till I move it in front of him

Maybe not a real comparisment but I have a Clownbotia who is blind on 1 eye, he aint shy at all, I more have the feeling hes less shy because of that eye because he doesnt see danger with it.

Can't your fahaka just be a lazy one? because as long u dont change the tank every week he should know where what is because he still has sight in 1 eye.

Every time I see Filbert's tank I think "disco balls"

You should see him do the Hustle!

my Niles very lazy now his big and old .....he lays on the floor and only gets up to beg for food, very clever fish, more clever then my dog ...he knows where the fridge is !

Mufasa doesn't stop moving. He's always going from one end of his 150 to the other. The only time he is "resting" is at night. He ALWAYS sleeps in the same corner.