Another annoying puffer habit

ralphie16 · 09/07/2006, 12:01 PM

Sorry to post all these questions that involve my puffer if you guys find it annoying. I try to keep my posts to 3 a day :-)

So everytime I add water to my tank my puffer thinks im feeding him and comes over. So i try to avoid him but he's too smart. and when i pour it in he likes to be underneath it so he gets tossed around in the waves. I think he's a current addict ;-) So anyways, when i put in the salt mix it is already been mixed for at least a week in RODI water so i dont think it would hurt him.

My question is when I do freshwater topoffs. Would his swimming directly in the vicinity of where the freshwater was poured in be bad for him?

TekCat · 09/07/2006, 12:10 PM

I would think that if it becomes troublesome for him, he can always swim away.

boomsticks · 09/07/2006, 12:29 PM

LOL sounds like my mantis shrimp (Bam bam) he does somersaults when I am pouring or topping off! Day or night doesn't matter soon as he sees the blue bucket he is out flippin around.

TekCat · 09/07/2006, 01:12 PM

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Originally posted by boomsticks
LOL sounds like my mantis shrimp (Bam bam) he does somersaults when I am pouring or topping off! Day or night doesn't matter soon as he sees the blue bucket he is out flippin around.

... LOL do you think is there any money in opening a "shrimp circus"?

09/07/2006, 12:01 PM	#1
ralphie16 Moved On Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,550	Another annoying puffer habit Sorry to post all these questions that involve my puffer if you guys find it annoying. I try to keep my posts to 3 a day :-) So everytime I add water to my tank my puffer thinks im feeding him and comes over. So i try to avoid him but he's too smart. and when i pour it in he likes to be underneath it so he gets tossed around in the waves. I think he's a current addict ;-) So anyways, when i put in the salt mix it is already been mixed for at least a week in RODI water so i dont think it would hurt him. My question is when I do freshwater topoffs. Would his swimming directly in the vicinity of where the freshwater was poured in be bad for him?

09/07/2006, 12:29 PM	#3
boomsticks Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Good ol NH Posts: 547	LOL sounds like my mantis shrimp (Bam bam) he does somersaults when I am pouring or topping off! Day or night doesn't matter soon as he sees the blue bucket he is out flippin around. __________________ Don't take life too seriously, nobody gets out alive anyway. Current Tank Info: 55 gal reef, 24 cube

09/07/2006, 12:10 PM	#2
TekCat Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: MN Posts: 3,130	I would think that if it becomes troublesome for him, he can always swim away.