puffer behavior (should I be concerned)?

[limitedslip]

Everyday, my puffer sleeps on the sand in the empty corner of my tank starring out at me while I watch TV. It sits flat on the ground, no coverage what so ever, not even moving (completely stationary) When its around 9pm to 10pm (close to feeding time), the puffer takes a big yawn, and then puffs up, then about 10 seconds later, puffs down, and gets all excited for food and entertainment. It just did the yawn, like 5 to 10 seconds, then puff, deflate and go nuts till I give it food. It's been doing this for the a few weeks now. Everyday, it goes back to the same corner, and repeats everything again. I wasn't too concerned about it because the puffers behavior after the inflation/deflation. Should I be concerned about this at all, or is it just my puffer being dumb? (which would not surprise me one bit :lol.

 

[reefergeorge]

Mine does everything your does, except he doesn't puff up.
I have only seen mine puff twice. Once when being transported from Qt to my Dt, and the second for no apparent reason for a few seconds.
Maybe he is bored. What other tank mates are with him?

 

[limitedslip]

well, after the recent tank crack (yes again...sob, I bought a different brand this time), I lost a few, so my stock list now is the porc, hippo blue, blue eye kole, maroon clown, true perc clown, 2 chromis, 2 engineer gobies, and a lawnmower blenny (who likes to chill on top of the puffer when the puffer is asleep).

I started thinking, It might be his new way of gettin my attention, I put a splashguard on my tank because I got tired of him spitting, one time which fried a surge (lucky shot I guess). Now he can't get my attention that way around feeding time, so I was thinkin he does it now to get my attention, because everytime he does it, I run up to the tank like "not again..." Maybe its his way of saying "IM UP, FEED ME NOWWWWWWWW" :lol:

 

[laf-reef]

Laying on the bottom sounds natural, I'd expect it to lay within the rocks though. The repeated puffing sounds suspicious.... as you have suggested maybe your fish has "learned" that puffing = food. You may want to change the feeding schedule to break the routine of puffing = food. Try feeding at varied times of the day and do not feed after a puff.

 

[reefergeorge]

Everyone gets hungry after a good puff. :smokin: