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Jokerswild4
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New to the forum, and just bought my first puffer!

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Good evening everyone
Im so happy to be here. I've wanted a puffer for so long but never pulled the trigger until today! He is a fahaka puffer about 1 Inch. Trying to come up with a good name.
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Pufferpunk
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Re: New to the forum, and just bought my first puffer!

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There is a thread here on names people have given to their puffer.
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DMD123
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Re: New to the forum, and just bought my first puffer!

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Congrats on the new Fahaka puffer. Welcome to the forum.
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pufferjw
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Re: New to the forum, and just bought my first puffer!

Post by pufferjw »

Yeah welcome. My Duboisi is named Marshall, but for your fahaka you could do something fun like Balloon or even like Jeff
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Jokerswild4
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Re: New to the forum, and just bought my first puffer!

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I went with Sebastian, we call him bash for short. :)
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DMD123
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My Puffers: Tetraodon baileyi (Hairy Puffer, named Gizmo)
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Re: New to the forum, and just bought my first puffer!

Post by DMD123 »

Cool nickname, Bash.
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
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