Porcupine Puffer at LFS

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mikeosoft
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Porcupine Puffer at LFS

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I was at one of my LFS's today just checking out their selection and I noticed they had a young (about 4") Porcupine puffer in one of the tanks. Then I noticed his underside was bright white, almost like it had been painted. My Porcupine's belly looks nothing like this one. While the tips of his spines down there are white, his body is the usual tan color. Was this puffer painted? Is it normal or is this some kind of illness? I snapped a picture with my camera phone, this was the best I could get.

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Post by Pufferpunk »

Pic is way too big. I can't even see the fish!
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...

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Resized for smaller screens.
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That is a normal variation of a diodon holocanthus.
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Post by Pufferpunk »

Thanks, I can see it now.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...

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Post by stinky »

looks like a normal puff to me. Not a very good photo to go off of . No offence
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Post by Apocalyptictoast »

Well his question was about the belly. So for that fact, its a good picture.
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Post by mikeosoft »

Thanks for the info. The belly of my porc is not nearly that white and I thought the one at the LFS looked painted on. This LFS sells all kinds of dyed/injected fish, that’s why I had my suspicions.
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Post by Steph11787 »

My porcupine puffer looks just like that.
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