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Originally Posted by SeaHorse_Fanatic
Whew, neither of our puffers ever inflated for more than a minute. Good to hear its recovered.
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Mine had never inflated more than a minute either until last night. But he also has never inhaled air...which of course they cannot really exhale by themselves.
I have been wondering all day about why he would have inhaled air but I really have no idea. I do know though that it happens in the ocean too. My fiance is from the caribbean and said they used to do that all the time in the oceans near her and then would wash up on shore, still alive until they suffocated. She said it was always really sad but they would put them back in the ocean and they would just end up back on shore. I guess once they saw about a dozen of them washed up on shore, all inflated. No idea why this happens though.
She also said people catch them there by making them puff up. The puffers like the shallow waters and the guys catching them, follow them around and "herd" them towards the shore until it gets stressed enough and puffs up. Then they simply pick them up and put them in buckets. Or she said if they don't puff up, the guys will poke them with a stick so they do. She said it was really sad to watch because the puffers were so curious and would not shy away from people like other fish...making them easy targets.
I hate to think of all the ways our fish are caught and how many die in the process. And don't kid yourself...stores can say they are coming from reputable wholesalers but unless they are in the country themselves, they really have no idea how the fish are caught. One LFS owner here in Vancouver was telling me that although the Copperbands they get in are suppose to be caught properly, he is pretty sure they are cyanide caught. He was saying there is just no way for him or the wholesaler to know whats happening overseas. And no one cares really.
Sorry that got waaaaaay off topic
