Spitting boxfish

[Treebeard]

Ha! Thanks for the offer Laurie, but Boxy has been swimming happily around our tank for 3 years. She is a real character, always swimming around my hands when I am working in the tank and sometimes nibbling on my fingers (ouch).

Originally Posted by fishoholic

It is a personality trait of boxfish and puffers and apparently butterfly fish. I have an idea though, you could give the boxfish to me then you wouldn't have to worry about it

[silentcivilian]

Elite for the longest time had a Boxfish in a pond setup that I never actually saw swim under the water.. it spent most of its time above water spitting.. so I am going with they just enjoy spitting

[Oxymoron]

I used to have a valentini puffer that I would feed by hand, sometimes when holding a chunk of food above the waterline he would spit a stream of water at it, I swear he was trying to knock it out of my hand....

[larishowen]

I think that the water is not fresh.I mean the water quality is not good.It may contain the algae inside.If you have a pH of water then it would be better for fish.

[MKLKT]

Originally Posted by larishowen

I think that the water is not fresh.I mean the water quality is not good.It may contain the algae inside.If you have a pH of water then it would be better for fish.

Your comment is confusing but if you mean a neutral pH then that's not correct for marine fish, it's supposed to be slightly alkaline.