E.T.. my porcupine puffer...

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t1gerbee
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E.T.. my porcupine puffer...

Post by t1gerbee »

It's taken 6 weeks, several worming treatments, a spell in hypo and LOTS of water changes in a 10G Q tank....

but we have gone from this...

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to this..... (first two days in the main tank...)
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awwwww.. bless... my E.T found a home... :-)
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your patience and knowledge never fail to amaze me when it comes to "fixing" broken puffers

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Thats an amazing recovery! Congratulations and good luck with your beautiful puffer!!
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übernatürliches!
Job 12:7-10. But ask the animals, and they will teach you; or birds of the air
and they will tell you; or speak to the earth and it will teach you; or let the fish
of the sea inform you. Which of all these does not know that the hand of the
lord has done this. In his hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all
mankind.
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Content2Swell wrote:übernatürliches!


ummmm.... any translation available? :-)
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Supernatural! It's a miracle! :wink:
Job 12:7-10. But ask the animals, and they will teach you; or birds of the air
and they will tell you; or speak to the earth and it will teach you; or let the fish
of the sea inform you. Which of all these does not know that the hand of the
lord has done this. In his hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all
mankind.
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BTW your tank is absolutely gorgeous. I've been told that puffers can't be kept with corals/liverock. Are certain ones ok?
Job 12:7-10. But ask the animals, and they will teach you; or birds of the air
and they will tell you; or speak to the earth and it will teach you; or let the fish
of the sea inform you. Which of all these does not know that the hand of the
lord has done this. In his hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all
mankind.
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Content2Swell wrote:Supernatural! It's a miracle! :wink:
leave away the "es" at the end and it's okay: "Übernatürlich" ;)
Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. Give a fish a man, and he'll eat for weeks.
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Aww I love his name!!! We named ours Gizmo so I think thats cool. Ours was skinny but not quite that skinny! Good job!
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Content2Swell wrote:BTW your tank is absolutely gorgeous. I've been told that puffers can't be kept with corals/liverock. Are certain ones ok?

my tank has a LONG way to go, before it can be considered gorgeous...

but have never heard of anyone struggling with puffers and live rock... maybe when the puffers get REALLY big?

I keep to very simple corals (i'm a marine beginner) .. i have three leathers, the one in the picture had just gone to sleep for the night, i have a couple of mushrooms that came on the live rock.... puffers ignore all.... and i recently added some green star polyps.. so we shall see how they do... :-)

all under T5's..

I also keep hermit crabs, as they seem to survive puffer invasion..

but my puffs are small, maybe two inches each.. so i guess time will tell whether it works over the longer term.. :-)
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1 x Map Turtle-tropical
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Happy_Puffer wrote:Aww I love his name!!! We named ours Gizmo so I think thats cool. Ours was skinny but not quite that skinny! Good job!
I never normally name fish, but from the front this one looked so skinny and pathetic, she just looked like ET, big eyes, no body...

Happy_puffer, i wanted you to see what can be done to help porcs with ich, and other health problems, and i promise you i am no expert...



just little bit of hard work and a bit of fingers crossed, and this is what can be achieved, thought it might give you some hope. :-)
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Post by Troender »

Wow, what a good job. It's so nice to see a puffer recover like that! A very, very good job, t1gerbee! :mwave:
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Post by StormySkiez »

What a cute belly and smile she has! Nice work!
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Post by Happy_Puffer »

Well I just got a qt tank and the porc can go in there when the levels are all good, I think I might try the hypo thank you and your puffer looks great mine looks pregnant after she eats she is so cute!!
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Post by Redspotter »

What a beautiful puf with a super recovery.
I really like the name too, it just looks like ET.
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