do dwarf puffers puff? - Aquarium Advice

krap101 · 06-03-2004, 01:42 PM

because mine have gone through alot like (err fishwise) getting netted like 3x a week for about a week (because i didnt know they looked dead when they slept, getting pushed off a plant (by the siphon hose), etc etc.

are they like not made to puff? or have mine not like gone through enough yet.

krap101 · 06-03-2004, 01:43 PM

err i made it sound like i wanted them to puff. its like im happy they havent puffed btu then i wonder why.

Raimeiken · 06-03-2004, 02:03 PM

i have the same question with peruvian puffers, when ever i clean the tank or net them, they never puff.

flipz · 06-03-2004, 04:29 PM

no, they do not puff. i mean they have the capability to, but you really don't want them to. they can actually do harm to themselves by doing it. sorry if you did want to see them do it. heh

-brent

madasafish · 06-03-2004, 04:35 PM

They have the capacity to, but it's pretty traumatic for them. Only one of mine has ever puffed, and it happened when he got caught in the filter intake (and died...). I subsequently covered that with a filter sponge!

grimlock3000 · 06-03-2004, 04:44 PM

If you manage to screw with one enough to puff, you can expect it to die soon afterwards because something really traumatic is going on in the tank. Puffing is a last ditch effort the fish will use to avoid death.

grimlock3000 · 06-03-2004, 04:46 PM

Also, if you are netting your fish three times a week because you thought your fish were dead, you need to consider doing more research before getting different fish. Netting fish for ANY reason is very stressful to them and can cause injury or result in later infections from being in the net.

krap101 · 06-03-2004, 05:11 PM

i did research but it never said they would sleep like lying on their sides. but i guess even me netting them wasnt enough so thats good. plus i didnt really net them. u can call it netting but it was pretty much they were in the sand on their sides. i touched them with the front part and then they swam away if ya see wut i mean.

grimlock3000 · 06-03-2004, 05:16 PM

Oh, that is better then. Poking a sleeping fish is a lot different than scooping it into a net while it sleeps. My wife used to always thing our Guppies were dead, because they sleep on the surface of the water and barely move. She should wake them up with a flashlight or poke them to get moving again.

flipz · 06-03-2004, 06:21 PM

My GSP always sleeps on his side. Sometimes even his butt is kind of half way floating, and he's tilted to the side, and his face is on the substrate. haha. Looks pretty dead to me, but he's just sleeping! I got used to it after a while. lol

-brent

06-03-2004, 01:42 PM	#1
krap101 Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Roscoe, IL Posts: 3,824 Images: 12	do dwarf puffers puff? because mine have gone through alot like (err fishwise) getting netted like 3x a week for about a week (because i didnt know they looked dead when they slept, getting pushed off a plant (by the siphon hose), etc etc. are they like not made to puff? or have mine not like gone through enough yet.

06-03-2004, 01:43 PM	#2
krap101 Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Roscoe, IL Posts: 3,824 Images: 12	err i made it sound like i wanted them to puff. its like im happy they havent puffed btu then i wonder why. __________________ Wizards first rule-People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true. Wizards second rule-The greatest harm can result from the best intentions. Wizards third rule-Passion rules reason. Wizards fourth rule-There is magic in forgiveness the magic to heal! In the forgiveness you grant, and more so in the forgiveness you receive. Wizards fifth rule-Mind what people do, not only what they say, for deeds will betray a lie. Wizards sixth rule-The only sovereign you can allow to rule you is reason. Wizards seventh rule-Life is the future, not the past Wizards eighth rule-Deserve victory. Wizards ninth rule-Contradictions don't exist, in whole or in part.

06-03-2004, 04:29 PM	#4
flipz Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Raleigh NC Posts: 719 Images: 1	no, they do not puff. i mean they have the capability to, but you really don't want them to. they can actually do harm to themselves by doing it. sorry if you did want to see them do it. heh -brent __________________ Come join the Ohio forum on AA!

06-03-2004, 04:35 PM	#5
madasafish Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: NY, NY Posts: 2,260 Images: 73	They have the capacity to, but it's pretty traumatic for them. Only one of mine has ever puffed, and it happened when he got caught in the filter intake (and died...). I subsequently covered that with a filter sponge! __________________ [acronym:3ff24413a5="Malaysian Trumpet Snails or Multiple Tank Syndrome, depending on context"]MTS[/acronym:3ff24413a5] is a blessing, not a disease.

06-03-2004, 04:44 PM	#6
grimlock3000 Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: maine Posts: 1,971 Images: 1	If you manage to screw with one enough to puff, you can expect it to die soon afterwards because something really traumatic is going on in the tank. Puffing is a last ditch effort the fish will use to avoid death. __________________ 26 freshwater 2x Sunburst Platys (2M, 2F) // 3x Neon Tetras (?) // 2x Cherry Barbs (1M, 1F) // 2x YoYo Loaches (?) // 1x Bushy Nose Pleco (M) // 1x Clown Pleco (?) // 15H marine -30# Live Rock -Mixed Snails (Nassarius // Cerith // Astrea // Black Turbo // Mexican Turbo) -8x Blue Leg Hermit Crabs // 1x Banded Serpent Star // 1x Cleaner Shrimp -1x Royal Gramma // 1x Percula Clownfish -2x Mushroom Leather // Metallic Green Star Polyps // Pulsing Xenia // Striped Xenia // Blue Mushroom -Remora + Maxi-Jet 1200 // 2x Maxi-Jet 600 // Maxi-Jet 400 // Visi-Therm Deluxe 50 // Current USA Orbit 2x 40w [acronym:f2db8017b4="Power compact fluorescent"]PC[/acronym:f2db8017b4]

06-03-2004, 02:03 PM	#3
Raimeiken Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Glendale, Arizona Posts: 193	i have the same question with peruvian puffers, when ever i clean the tank or net them, they never puff.

06-03-2004, 04:46 PM	#7
grimlock3000 Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: maine Posts: 1,971 Images: 1	Also, if you are netting your fish three times a week because you thought your fish were dead, you need to consider doing more research before getting different fish. Netting fish for ANY reason is very stressful to them and can cause injury or result in later infections from being in the net. __________________ 26 freshwater 2x Sunburst Platys (2M, 2F) // 3x Neon Tetras (?) // 2x Cherry Barbs (1M, 1F) // 2x YoYo Loaches (?) // 1x Bushy Nose Pleco (M) // 1x Clown Pleco (?) // 15H marine -30# Live Rock -Mixed Snails (Nassarius // Cerith // Astrea // Black Turbo // Mexican Turbo) -8x Blue Leg Hermit Crabs // 1x Banded Serpent Star // 1x Cleaner Shrimp -1x Royal Gramma // 1x Percula Clownfish -2x Mushroom Leather // Metallic Green Star Polyps // Pulsing Xenia // Striped Xenia // Blue Mushroom -Remora + Maxi-Jet 1200 // 2x Maxi-Jet 600 // Maxi-Jet 400 // Visi-Therm Deluxe 50 // Current USA Orbit 2x 40w [acronym:f2db8017b4="Power compact fluorescent"]PC[/acronym:f2db8017b4]

06-03-2004, 05:11 PM	#8
krap101 Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Roscoe, IL Posts: 3,824 Images: 12	i did research but it never said they would sleep like lying on their sides. but i guess even me netting them wasnt enough so thats good. plus i didnt really net them. u can call it netting but it was pretty much they were in the sand on their sides. i touched them with the front part and then they swam away if ya see wut i mean. __________________ Wizards first rule-People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true. Wizards second rule-The greatest harm can result from the best intentions. Wizards third rule-Passion rules reason. Wizards fourth rule-There is magic in forgiveness the magic to heal! In the forgiveness you grant, and more so in the forgiveness you receive. Wizards fifth rule-Mind what people do, not only what they say, for deeds will betray a lie. Wizards sixth rule-The only sovereign you can allow to rule you is reason. Wizards seventh rule-Life is the future, not the past Wizards eighth rule-Deserve victory. Wizards ninth rule-Contradictions don't exist, in whole or in part.

06-03-2004, 05:16 PM	#9
grimlock3000 Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: maine Posts: 1,971 Images: 1	Oh, that is better then. Poking a sleeping fish is a lot different than scooping it into a net while it sleeps. My wife used to always thing our Guppies were dead, because they sleep on the surface of the water and barely move. She should wake them up with a flashlight or poke them to get moving again. __________________ 26 freshwater 2x Sunburst Platys (2M, 2F) // 3x Neon Tetras (?) // 2x Cherry Barbs (1M, 1F) // 2x YoYo Loaches (?) // 1x Bushy Nose Pleco (M) // 1x Clown Pleco (?) // 15H marine -30# Live Rock -Mixed Snails (Nassarius // Cerith // Astrea // Black Turbo // Mexican Turbo) -8x Blue Leg Hermit Crabs // 1x Banded Serpent Star // 1x Cleaner Shrimp -1x Royal Gramma // 1x Percula Clownfish -2x Mushroom Leather // Metallic Green Star Polyps // Pulsing Xenia // Striped Xenia // Blue Mushroom -Remora + Maxi-Jet 1200 // 2x Maxi-Jet 600 // Maxi-Jet 400 // Visi-Therm Deluxe 50 // Current USA Orbit 2x 40w [acronym:f2db8017b4="Power compact fluorescent"]PC[/acronym:f2db8017b4]

06-03-2004, 06:21 PM	#10
flipz Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Raleigh NC Posts: 719 Images: 1	My GSP always sleeps on his side. Sometimes even his butt is kind of half way floating, and he's tilted to the side, and his face is on the substrate. haha. Looks pretty dead to me, but he's just sleeping! I got used to it after a while. lol -brent __________________ Come join the Ohio forum on AA!

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