Has anyone seen a dwarf puffer puff?

[oocfish]

Just wondering, I've read online that the dwarf puffer can puff up when it is threatened. Is this true? I have not yet seen this behavior with my puffer, even while I was transferring him between tanks. Which I guess is a good thing because I don't want to stress him out.

But, just curious, does anyone know of a picture of a dwarf puffer puffing?

 

[Teelie]

I have once in a picture. Looks like a regular puffer, only smaller.

 

[Pufferpack]

So far I have seen one of my Dwarves puff, looked like a big Croakie marble, but kind of translucient, and one of my South Americans puffed up, looked like a Ping Pong ball with black & yellow stripes on top.
I do have pics somewhere of a S/A puffed and one of my T. cutcutia puffed, I'll try to find them and post for you if you like.

Here you go.

Puffed up

 

[smooth_bourbon]

When I brought home my first GSP he puffed up when I was netting him out of the bag. Scared me half to death cause he made a horrible pooping noise. From that day on any moves my puffers made I used my hands, and never had them puff again.

edit a popping noise lol not pooping

 

[Puffer_freak]

That my friend, is why you're never supposed to net a puffer, they can get air trapped inside them and that can cause all sorts of damage.

 

[mattbeau]

I have used a net and cup combination, seemed ok as i just used the net to get him in the cup all while underwater then pulled the cup out.

 

[Pufferpack]

Netting is fine IMO, but as mattbeau mentions, never expose the puffer to the air in the net. I use the same technique with all my puffers, net in water and transfer to a cup under water....worst I've experienced so far is one of my S/A's biting the net and refusing to let go , had to move cup net and puffer into the new tank until he let go...lol

 

[Puffer_freak]

lol

Silly puffer...mind you, it's the kind of thing I'd do if I was a puffer...

 

[Pufferpack]

lol...me too, with teeth like that I'd be biting everything, just to see what kind of damage I could do....lol

 

[Puffer_freak]

lol, and their teeth bloody hurt as well...I got bitten for the first time the other day (t'was the first time I wasn' being careful) and it really ddi hurt, and tigled a bit as well...

 

[oocfish]

So far I have seen one of my Dwarves puff, looked like a big Croakie marble, but kind of translucient, and one of my South Americans puffed up, looked like a Ping Pong ball with black & yellow stripes on top.
I do have pics somewhere of a S/A puffed and one of my T. cutcutia puffed, I'll try to find them and post for you if you like.

Here you go.

Puffed up

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Thank you so much, that was sooooo awesome to see! I can't stop laughing, it looks so funny!