Porcuppine Puffer Pics!?!?!!!

bronco300

bronco300

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Hello all, how about some pictures of porcupine puffers???? has anyone seen thre puff up?? I absolutely love these things, and hopefully one day i can get one...but i also want a reef aquarium,lol. how big does a tank need to be for one, a 75g? cant wait to see pics, i think their eyes are awesome.
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bronco300

bronco300

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i definitely want to, but it has to wait a least a year till i get my own place and out of college,lol. i already have a 75g fresh, 10gal salt, 10 reptile....dont think i have room for another 75g+ tank,lol, nor the money. but i definitely want one...wish i could put a lionfish in with him.
 
squidd

squidd

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Mines about 6"-7" ...and in with a 13" PV Lion..
It's tough to get a pic of them "puffed"...
First off if they are happy and healthy and relatively stress free they just "don't" puff all that often...and it only lasts for a very short time...(hard to "notice it, then run and get the camera, then focus, and snap before they deflate...)
NEVER "try" to get your puffer to puff, just so you can get a picture..That is a bad thing..Do Not do it...
Mines only puffed maybe 5-6 times in the 2 years that I've had him...(or at least that I've noticed)...and this is the closest to a pic I've been able to get ...(on his way "down" from looking like a softball...He gets as totally tall and round as he is long...
 
bronco300

bronco300

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awesome puffers....haha, squidd, i dont want to induce puffing, i just wondered if anyone has seen them puffup because i never have, only pics and what not. do puffers can actually be put with lions??? dont the puffers nip at lions long fins??
 
bronco300

bronco300

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whew.....those are definitely two fish i love....but that would be another chunck of change just to get the tank,lol
 
vanos

vanos

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Be careful of your powerheads because mine used to get stuck in them and that is when I saw them inflate.
 
cdubbs

cdubbs

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yup i lost one to a powerhead once, so thats why i put those plastic golf balls in the bottom of the powerheads
 
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shark bait

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I had to shut off my power head to day my mappa got in it, and he was so huge. He is normal the size of a baseball, but puffed up to a large vollyball. He has some minor rash but I think I was more stressed. I got a few pics witt the camera phone, I looks like a huge rock. I see if they are worth posting. I since put a rock below the power head. Never again.
 
bronco300

bronco300

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id love to see the volleyball pics, and very nice mih, i hope i can get one sometime in the near future...i love their eyes!
 
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