The Puffer Forum

its only tiny and hasn't increased in size, but it moves about (ie: waves when he swims) its black in colour (same colour as the part of his body that its on) other than that i don't know how to describe it. its not smooth.

oralacerta: i think he may have it but it come and goes, the guy who is taking him will treat him as i believe the stress of the trip will only bring it out again

my starry puffer has a wart like growth on him, is this anything to worry about? or is it synonymous with the species? arothron stellatus

seeing as i have had much interest in this thread i thought I'd put some photo's of the little fella so you can all see why i want him to have a good home http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k319/apolyom_2006/P5170026.jpg http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k319/apolyom_2006/P5170008.jpg and my personal...

yeah i was forever grateful to her for doing that but success!! i found him a home. i found a guy who is prepared to take him. when i got him he actually did look like a dogface, his colour was the same cream colour as a dogface but since then i have researched puffers so i WILL be getting a dogface...

i have a starry puffer in with some scavenger shrimp and he hasn't touched any of them same with the snails, i am contemplating trying a frag off a leather i took in my other tank to see what he does.

its all trial and error with these sorts of things though

yeah it sucks cause my wife saved him from death (literally) he stopped breathing from a tank crash while i was at work so she quickly dumped him into the sump on my main tank and he survived so there is an attachment there, i am currently inquiring if i can find him a home (on various other forums)...

i never said i couldnt get a larger tank now. and seeing as i didnt find out it was a stellatus for about a month after i got it so it was a bit too late by then. it is a shame that these guys grow to such a great size (although would be awesome to see one this size in the wild) as they are a really...

yeah i know they get 4 ft long, i wouldnt have gotten it if i had known that but it was sold to me as a dogface. atm he is about 5 inches long and i will be moving him out of his current tank in the future into a larger one further down the road, once that happens i will try and set it up with an aq...

i have one of these puffers, he is in with a small lawnmower blennie and i was thinking of adding another tankmate in the lines of another puffer OR a trigger. how do these guys go with friends? anyone know?

i also have one, was sold to me as a dog face puffer, at the moment he is around maybe 5 inches long. I've only had him about a month but he is an absolute pig! he get's cranky if he doesn't get fed on time, i feed him the equivalent of about 4 baby octopus tentacles of a night and about half that m...

wow i would have thought the growing would slow as it matured.

i plan on talking to an aquarium to see if they will take him when he gets too big.

only problem is what if none will take him?

yeah he definitely is A. stellatus

had him about 2 weeks now and he is maybe 5 inches long.

he is in my sump of my display tank at the moment as the tank he was in had a huge ammonia spike and my wife saved his life.

how quick is their growth rate?

i bought this puffer as a dogface puffer (which i now know is not) but i can't get a definate ID and i was refered to ask here for help. and also the white/gold marks on him, i thought it might be burns from the heater or is it his adult colour coming through? http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k319/...