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Did you ever introduce a male? My porcupine puffer is about to lay eggs for the second time!

He/she is doing fine! She just released all these eggs! Not sure what to do! ARGH!!

Our porc just released all these floating eggs in the tank! Not sure what to do! We need a male porc. There's all these eggs floating in the tank. Fugu the porcupine puffer is 6-7 years old now!

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At long last, my porcupine puffer has begun to eat something other than peas! Two weeks ago, I bought a live littleneck clam, smashed it with a hammer, and pulled out the clam using tweezers. He ate the whole clam! I also fed him shell-on shrimp yesterday. So now his diet is getting more diversified...

Not really. I let the porcupine puffer "fast" for a week while I was out of town, hoping that when I returned he would be ready for protein like shrimp, clams, lobster, etc. like the suggestions in the library. When I returned, all the cleaning crew snails and hermit crabs were alive and c...

I tried a live ghost shrimp yesterday, but the porcupine couldn't catch it. After a while, the porcupine just gave up and begged for more peas.

Is it ok if my porcupine puffer ONLY eats peas soaked in vitamins? When I first got my 3" porcupine puffer, he refused to eat clams on half shell or krill. He finally chewed half a piece of krill after two days of not eating. After reading this forum, I tried giving him a pea, and he loved them...