thanks for the replies, i figured thats how they slept, just seemed wierd and too exposed.
Sean, the fish is easily my favorite fish. It leaves all the fish alone and for the most part, the fish leave it alone. I only have one aggresive fish, who bothers the other two fish in the tank but leaves alone the puffer. However, i woudl not want to see some damsels go against a puffer cause they are too slow. Also, if you dont mind me saying, with 8 fish including a tang in a 50 gallon, i would think its pretty packed. My puffer eats A LOT and contributes a lot of waste, thus only have 3 small fish and a tang in my 75. So, perhaps rethink a sharpnose with the blue devil. Also, I cant really add crabs or shrimp because its the favorite snack of my pink spotted goby. The other day i did try 5 hermits, 3 emeralds, 1 sallylight foot and 60 snails. The puffer made quick work of the hermits. He attempts to eat the emeralds all thet ime, but they sneak into a little whole in time, he completley leaves alone the snails, and chased the sally light foot around the tank for about 15 mintues in what was a very amusing thing to watch until he chased it into the mouth of the goby.
Hope that helps
