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this is the guy I got on Sunday..


current tank he is in

Good-looking chubber!

He's so handsome! He must be really happy with you, showing off those bold colors so quickly after moving in!

Is there a cave in there for him?

didnt put a cave in yet
thought would never see him at all then

pet rock in a tank!

Good lo looking guy . Btw, Is that playbox sand you are using as substrate?

Just seen a few of these today and started thinking about one for my self

When you say pet rock..... to what extent? I was reckoning that they would stay still most of the time but then when they started to recognise you around the tank they might start to greet you? Or do they just lurk for food and then pounce as it were?

Beautiful fish either way

Wills

theres no real movement out of mine at all
the only part that moves is its eyes lol
it doesnt go after food either.
it only eats if you put food into its mouth.
they are pretty much immobile 99% of the time
they are lovely fish, im just used to a puffer with more action lol

I set up an entire 46g SW tank for the beautiful T ocellatus & all I ever see are shifting eyeballs in the sand. Unless she's hungry, about 6pm every night.

chubby love this puffer ...
they can change the skin color to yellow if they not good

lesleyanndunn wrote:theres no real movement out of mine at all
the only part that moves is its eyes lol
it doesnt go after food either.
it only eats if you put food into its mouth.
they are pretty much immobile 99% of the time
they are lovely fish, im just used to a puffer with more action lol

LOL, That's a tiny baby you have Lesley.....lol. Gotta spoon feed him all the time. And too bad he's a puffer because you would be getting up and bottle feed him about every 3 hrs or so...

FADE2BLACK_1973 wrote:

lesleyanndunn wrote:theres no real movement out of mine at all
the only part that moves is its eyes lol
it doesnt go after food either.
it only eats if you put food into its mouth.
they are pretty much immobile 99% of the time
they are lovely fish, im just used to a puffer with more action lol

LOL, That's a tiny baby you have Lesley.....lol. Gotta spoon feed him all the time. And too bad he's a puffer because you would be getting up and bottle feed him about every 3 hrs or so...

Pufferpunk wrote:I set up an entire 46g SW tank for the beautiful T ocellatus & all I ever see are shifting eyeballs in the sand. Unless she's hungry, about 6pm every night.

Have you tried rearranging the tank? One thing I noticed with my ocellatus is that he needs enrichment. He gets bored of his tank after a while, but if I rearrange the decor he brightens up and explores everything. They seem to be much smarter than the average goldfish.

That's a little difficult with 70+lbs of LR in there.

That's a good point... Do you know where I can buy 2 or 3 pounds of life rock online? Everywhere I look sells it in more weight than I can carry!