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He does puff up, although not recently, and not since I removed him from the lion fish I owned based on advice from this forum. He's with a yellow tang now and they seem to comfortably sleep beside each other, so he hasn't puffed up b/c I think he's comfortable with his environment. I came downstai...

Porcs are known for "practice" puffing. Keep a camera on hand! Yeah, I really should keep my old digital camera by the tank.....I have never seen him actually puff up....just in the puffed up state and deflating. He's a funny one. My foxface isn't even startled by him anymore, so I'm gues...

My porc puff has a few of these. However, they are symmetrically orientated, that is to say if he has one on his "cheek" on the left side, he also has one on the same spot on the right side. That led me to believe its a morphological feature of most porc puffs. Mine looks a lot like this ...

Zephyr's tank has become a bit of a dumping ground for all the corals that my friends and I decide we don't want, or have otherwise become surplus. He now has umbrella leathers, finger leathers, colt leathers, pulsing xenia, mushrooms, and button polyps. He hasn't touched any of them! http://i1002....

I didn't know if having a few 'limp' quills was common or not. Do you currently have a PP? Can you do a quick check to see if he/she has any? On my PP, there always seems to be a few limp quills on him at all times. As to how else he isn't acting himself....honestly nothing much, probably all in my ...

Hey all, my Porcupine Puffer hasn't been acting like himself lately. Nothing crazy, just a bit different. I've notice a few soft quills and was wondering if other PP owners have noticed those as well on their porcs??? Here's a picture of it, close up http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr169/studmast...

Thanks for the translation, very interesting!

It would be ideal if there were some saltwater "food" I could raise in my sump and then move some to the main tank every now and then in order to keep the porcs interested.

Hey guys and gals! I'm trying to get some different types of food for my Porcs. I've read the article in the Library. Right now I'm breeding worms (yeah like that's tough to do...aka composter), and they love them....but I would like to get as close to their natural diet as possible. Anyone have any...

thats good for you to think logically like that... do you have any local pet stores that you have a good relationship with or you are close with that would take him as kind of a "store mascott"? maybe you could do that and you would still be able to see him... i know there is one by me th...

I'm in Burlington. I don't want to talk you into giving up a beloved family member but if you decide you have to, I will absolutely make the drive. Or if you want to see my tanks before committing, we can set that up, too. No pressure, no rush, but if you decide that way we can make it work... Than...

Where are you located? If you decided that you had to part with him, I'm sure you'd have no problem finding a place for him, he's soooo gorgeous! (I'd take him in a heartbeat!) But hopefully, you'll be able to work things out... I'm in London Ontario....where abouts (read aboots) in Ontario are you...

Pufferpunk wrote:Ceylons actually have lines on their back, similar to the F8 & have spots on their belly.

PP: I think I have asked you this before...what type of puffers are at the top of your page here

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/ca/volume_1/ ... uppies.htm

They look IDENTICAL to Zephyr.

Aha! Just as I thought... not a Ceylon at all. What you have my friend, is a GIANT spotted puffer, Tetraodon sabahensis : http://www.thepufferforum.com/forum/ug.php/v/PufferPedia/Brackish/T_Sabahensis/ Really? From those two pictures and my years of watching him, I'd say it looks a lot more like a ...

Really? I'm surprised, as the minimum tank size recommended for a Ceylon is 40g. They're not supposed to be that aggressive either. How big is he? Do you have a pic? min=40g....but doesn't it also say they can grow to 8"....how many 8" fish should be in a 40g? His personality is very aggr...