Do dwarf puffers "puff"? - Aquarium Advice

FMJnaX · 10-18-2005, 02:19 PM

I spent a good hour or so at the local PetsMart the other day with my daughter because she wanted to see the baby "Bloats" (Finding Nemo) and baby "Mr. Sykes" (Shark Tale) blow up like on the movies. She was watching the dwarf puffers, by the way. After an hour, I told her that they were too tired to puff. So, my question is, do the dwarf puffers ever "puff"? lol

Toirtis · 10-18-2005, 02:24 PM

Probably, but like other puffers, only when under considerable duress.

FMJnaX · 10-18-2005, 02:37 PM

So it's probably not a good thing to see them puff huh?

On a side note, at the Albuquerque Aquarium, I've seen their spiney puffer puffed on two different trips. Doesn't say a lot for their conditions there if the above statement is even remotely true. I always knew their fauna looked a bit out of place....

(as does just about everything else in Albuquerque)

Hrafnkel · 10-18-2005, 06:06 PM

Dwarf puffers shouldn't puff unless they're pretty scared of something.

jrp1588 · 10-18-2005, 06:21 PM

isn't puffing just a defensive mechanism to make them hard to swallow? Maybe if you make them think you are trying to eat them

Ha ha, jk.

talloulou · 10-18-2005, 06:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jrp1588

Maybe if you make them think you are trying to eat them

Ha ha, jk.

:P :P That's funny. I don't know about puffers but I have teased my severum before. If I go past the tank or up to the tank he always begs to be fed. Sometimes I just stare at him with my face real close to the glass and he comes up to greet me. Then I open my mouth real wide and he backs up! It's pretty funny. I have found that only the smarter fish do this....my severum, my ram, and my firemouths. The other fish don't respond the same way.

10-18-2005, 02:19 PM	#1
FMJnaX Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Rockwall, Texas Posts: 538 Images: 2	Do dwarf puffers "puff"? I spent a good hour or so at the local PetsMart the other day with my daughter because she wanted to see the baby "Bloats" (Finding Nemo) and baby "Mr. Sykes" (Shark Tale) blow up like on the movies. She was watching the dwarf puffers, by the way. After an hour, I told her that they were too tired to puff. So, my question is, do the dwarf puffers ever "puff"? lol __________________ 75 Gallon High-Tech Planted Community 3.5 WPG using T8's Fluorite w/sand mix Rena Filstar XP2 Pressurized CO2 w/SMS122 29 Gallon Goldfish 4" Red/White Ryunkin 4" Orange Fantail Penguin 100 AquaClear 20

10-18-2005, 02:24 PM	#2
Toirtis Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Posts: 6,768	Probably, but like other puffers, only when under considerable duress. __________________ G. A. Christian Bilou, Zoologist/Writer Founder/Director, Reptile Rescue Alberta Vice-President, Calgary Aquarium Society www.calgaryaquariumsociety.com Polypterid/Primitive Fish/Ctenopoma/Catfish Fanatic 62 Aquariums, 2200+ total gallons, Aquarist since 1971.

10-18-2005, 02:37 PM	#3
FMJnaX Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Rockwall, Texas Posts: 538 Images: 2	So it's probably not a good thing to see them puff huh? On a side note, at the Albuquerque Aquarium, I've seen their spiney puffer puffed on two different trips. Doesn't say a lot for their conditions there if the above statement is even remotely true. I always knew their fauna looked a bit out of place.... (as does just about everything else in Albuquerque) __________________ 75 Gallon High-Tech Planted Community 3.5 WPG using T8's Fluorite w/sand mix Rena Filstar XP2 Pressurized CO2 w/SMS122 29 Gallon Goldfish 4" Red/White Ryunkin 4" Orange Fantail Penguin 100 AquaClear 20

10-18-2005, 06:06 PM	#4
Hrafnkel Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Highland, Texas Posts: 521	Dwarf puffers shouldn't puff unless they're pretty scared of something. __________________ 2.5gal: Empty 5gal: 2 Black Mystery Snails 10gal: 2 Mickey Mouse Platys (1M1F), 1 African Butterfly Fish, 3 Khuli Loaches 29gal: 1 Green Severum, 1 Convict, 3 Bronze Cories 55gal: 5 Bloodfin Tetras, 6 Black Skirt Tetras, 1 Blood Parrot, 1 African Brown Knife, 1 Striped Raphael, 1 Ropefish, 2 Clown Loaches, 1 Yoyo Loach, 1 Angelfish

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