interspecies communication

my puffer talks to me all the time. ive stopped feeling weird about answering out loud. if hes dead center at the top of the tank hes begging for food "gimme a snack plz" and if hes pacing the back right corner that means "clean my tank NOW NOW NOW!!!!" the best thoughy is when hes napping. he hides under a small shelf under his rock and grays out to snooze. but if i peak in at him, he will roll an eye towards me as if to say "what the #@$%! do you want?! im sleeping!"
 
My green spotted puffer let me know I had a filter problem once.

He was dancing even more madly than when he wants to be fed, and scooted back and forth from the front of the tank to the filter area in back until I got the picture.

I almost renamed him Lassie after that!!!
 
My pictus usually hangs out right by the airline tubing and heater. If I happen to bump ANYthing, he does his OMGFOOD dance. If I happen to drop a pellet in and it doesn't sink immediately, he dances up and down and looks at me like I'd just offered him a lollipop and took it away at the last second.
 
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