Why are they so cute?
- DMD123
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Why are they so cute?
So I was bored over the weekend and stopped in a fish store that also deals with saltwater fish and what do I see? The cutest little porcupine puffer. It came out of hiding when it saw me and followed my finger around the glass. I was almost ready to drain my 210g freshwater and go salt. So tempted. LOL
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Re: Why are they so cute?
Yep, I'm the same when I see porkys lol like I posted before, they're only cute and cuddly on the outside, on the inside they're plotting eeeeveeel!
Yup they want you to take them home so they can use their mind control on you
Yup they want you to take them home so they can use their mind control on you
Never trust big puffers. The fingers you save may be your own. -RTR
- DMD123
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Re: Why are they so cute?
So a picture like this but with a porcupine puffer instead?
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65B Hairy Puffer
65B Angel fish x1, Monk tetra x7, BN Pleco x2
90G red devil
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30G Growout
65B Hairy Puffer
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90G red devil
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Re: Why are they so cute?
How's that? And I agree!
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- sgtmyers88
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Re: Why are they so cute?
LOL
WARNING: Puffers are mischievous little blimps with enchanting powers. You may not be content with having just one.
- DMD123
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Re: Why are they so cute?
That is it! lol
300g Pearsei x1, Bala Sharks x 3, Dabola endli (Tinkisso river) x1, Ansorgii x1
65B Hairy Puffer
65B Angel fish x1, Monk tetra x7, BN Pleco x2
90G red devil
90G Trimac
46G Bowfront Community tank
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65B Hairy Puffer
65B Angel fish x1, Monk tetra x7, BN Pleco x2
90G red devil
90G Trimac
46G Bowfront Community tank
30G Growout
- DMD123
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Re: Why are they so cute?
I dont know how I ended up finding some awful story of a diver who had the tip of his finger bit off while diving. Apparently a porcupine puffer came out of a crevice in the rocks and got him. He was kind of embarrassed that it happened and that it was done by a puffer. People really underestimate these evil little geniuses.
300g Pearsei x1, Bala Sharks x 3, Dabola endli (Tinkisso river) x1, Ansorgii x1
65B Hairy Puffer
65B Angel fish x1, Monk tetra x7, BN Pleco x2
90G red devil
90G Trimac
46G Bowfront Community tank
30G Growout
65B Hairy Puffer
65B Angel fish x1, Monk tetra x7, BN Pleco x2
90G red devil
90G Trimac
46G Bowfront Community tank
30G Growout
Re: Why are they so cute?
I have the same problem! Recently saw a 3" porc and fell in love! But here in South Africa salt is just too expensive for a big tank.
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Re: Why are they so cute?
SW is never cheap, but if you go FOWLR + a good skimmer and a 24/7 lighted macroalgae refugium, it is much lower operating costs than lifetime weekly water partials. The marked reduction in water partials means much lower overall lifetime costs with actually better water conditions. As puffers are fairly long-lived fish, total lifetime costs do matter a lot. Water quality in such set-ups is actually better than we can do in FW or BW.
FWIW
FWIW
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- hadla
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Re: Why are they so cute?
O.o someone added to my post... I didn't type that mind control thing...hadla wrote:Yep, I'm the same when I see porkys lol like I posted before, they're only cute and cuddly on the outside, on the inside they're plotting eeeeveeel!
Yup they want you to take them home so they can use their mind control on you
Never trust big puffers. The fingers you save may be your own. -RTR
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Re: Why are they so cute?
Must be one of those damn sneaky puffershadla wrote:O.o someone added to my post... I didn't type that mind control thing...hadla wrote:Yep, I'm the same when I see porkys lol like I posted before, they're only cute and cuddly on the outside, on the inside they're plotting eeeeveeel!
Yup they want you to take them home so they can use their mind control on you
Never trust big puffers. The fingers you save may be your own. RTR
- DMD123
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Re: Why are they so cute?
Speaking of EVIL, RTR you almost had me draining the tank for a new salt set up....
300g Pearsei x1, Bala Sharks x 3, Dabola endli (Tinkisso river) x1, Ansorgii x1
65B Hairy Puffer
65B Angel fish x1, Monk tetra x7, BN Pleco x2
90G red devil
90G Trimac
46G Bowfront Community tank
30G Growout
65B Hairy Puffer
65B Angel fish x1, Monk tetra x7, BN Pleco x2
90G red devil
90G Trimac
46G Bowfront Community tank
30G Growout
- DMD123
- Fahaka Puffer
- Posts: 573
- Joined: Tue May 13, 2014 3:39 pm
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- My Puffers: Tetraodon baileyi (Hairy Puffer, named Gizmo)
- Location (country): USA
- Location: Lakewood, WA
Re: Why are they so cute?
Here is that story of the evil porcupine puffer who bit off the divers finger.
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/marine ... inger.html
After reading how he used to handle the wildlife and would 'captured a puffer to let it blow up for the crowd', I think he deserved to be bit!
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/marine ... inger.html
After reading how he used to handle the wildlife and would 'captured a puffer to let it blow up for the crowd', I think he deserved to be bit!
300g Pearsei x1, Bala Sharks x 3, Dabola endli (Tinkisso river) x1, Ansorgii x1
65B Hairy Puffer
65B Angel fish x1, Monk tetra x7, BN Pleco x2
90G red devil
90G Trimac
46G Bowfront Community tank
30G Growout
65B Hairy Puffer
65B Angel fish x1, Monk tetra x7, BN Pleco x2
90G red devil
90G Trimac
46G Bowfront Community tank
30G Growout
- Arny
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Re: Why are they so cute?
I thought porcupine puffers had 2 crushing plates rather than a sharpe beak/teeth.DMD123 wrote:Here is that story of the evil porcupine puffer who bit off the divers finger.
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/marine ... inger.html
After reading how he used to handle the wildlife and would 'captured a puffer to let it blow up for the crowd', I think he deserved to be bit!
- hadla
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Re: Why are they so cute?
Exactly what I thought after posting! XDStratters wrote:Must be one of those damn sneaky puffershadla wrote:O.o someone added to my post... I didn't type that mind control thing...hadla wrote:Yep, I'm the same when I see porkys lol like I posted before, they're only cute and cuddly on the outside, on the inside they're plotting eeeeveeel!
Yup they want you to take them home so they can use their mind control on you
Never trust big puffers. The fingers you save may be your own. -RTR