Griffie the puffer keeping in shape

my2rotties · #1 04-14-2009, 03:14 PM

My husband snapped these shots this morning at lights on. Griffie does this about three to four times a month and it is not due to any stress... he is not under any stress and nobody was bothering or ever does. I( used to freak out when he did since I have read that puffers blow up due to stress, but this proves otherwise...

lastlight · #2 04-14-2009, 03:24 PM

How did you mount that birdsnest colony that has the big eyes?

my2rotties · #3 04-14-2009, 03:35 PM

I am not too sure which colony you are mentioning... but it is all reef epoxy and gel glue...or some are mounted by being wedged into the rocks really well.

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Originally Posted by lastlight

How did you mount that birdsnest colony that has the big eyes?

lastlight · #4 04-14-2009, 03:57 PM

I actually meant your puffer =)

Delphinus · #5 04-14-2009, 04:01 PM

He does look like a floating birdnest colony! Hahaha!

Guess he's just checking to make sure he still knows how?

my2rotties · #6 04-14-2009, 04:09 PM

ZING!!! Right over my head... need more coffee pronto. He does look like a floating birdsnest colony. Too funny. I love this fish, he is the best. We had a rough time at first but he was well worth the trouble in the end.

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Originally Posted by lastlight

I actually meant your puffer =)

levi1803 · #7 04-14-2009, 04:50 PM

haha, that's awesome!!

my2rotties · #8 04-14-2009, 04:58 PM

I LOVE this guy, he is such a blast. He is particularly endearing when he begs against the glass. He will do a "blowfish" on the glass, and then stick his eyeball and part of his face against it, flattening himself, and then swim back and forth like this...he is the first fish to greet me, and follows me around the room begging.

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Originally Posted by levi1803

haha, that's awesome!!

karazy · #9 04-14-2009, 11:57 PM

hahaha, thats funny.

the reason they puff up when not stressed is usualy because they just feel like stretching.

if you put your arms at your sides for weeks at a time you'd probably wanna stretch too.

my2rotties · #10 04-15-2009, 12:09 AM

True enough and he probably ate a snail that I got from Colby yesterday. He bee lined for then and was chewing on one for awhile...When he has a belly ache he normally does the puffing to realign himself inside so he could eat even more.

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Originally Posted by karazy

hahaha, thats funny.

the reason they puff up when not stressed is usualy because they just feel like stretching.

if you put your arms at your sides for weeks at a time you'd probably wanna stretch too.