porcupine puffer size and growth rate
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Re: porcupine puffer size and growth rate
Problem with this kind of thinking is that too many things get in the way of intentional upgrades--it's called life. Especially with SW, where it involves bigger skimmer, more live rock, etc. Many fish wind up their entire lives not having that ever happen. For me, I have multiple tanks to upgrade into & always moved them way before they were large enough for the tank they were in.
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Re: porcupine puffer size and growth rate
Those arothons can look a like. If he looks like a stars and stripes, he probably is- 19 inches.daffydase wrote:Dogface need 400", how big have you seen um? I see a lot of people saying they get bigger than porks, but pufferpedia says 33cm I'm bad at math is that around 13 inch? That true? Or they get bigger? The one in lfs in black with striped belly and spots, like a stars and stripes puffer but he is a dogface! How big would he get?thanksPufferpunk wrote:That'll work for the cycling.
They need about 400L as adults.
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Re: porcupine puffer size and growth rate
He looks like dogface but ius bwown with white stars n stripes yellow finspurplecandle wrote:Those arothons can look a like. If he looks like a stars and stripes, he probably is- 19 inches.daffydase wrote:Dogface need 400", how big have you seen um? I see a lot of people saying they get bigger than porks, but pufferpedia says 33cm I'm bad at math is that around 13 inch? That true? Or they get bigger? The one in lfs in black with striped belly and spots, like a stars and stripes puffer but he is a dogface! How big would he get?thanksPufferpunk wrote:That'll work for the cycling.
They need about 400L as adults.
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They are completely different species of the same genus family of puffers.
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So he isn't a dogface? Looks like one?! Seen them on youtube as dogfaces! So this star striped dogface look alike will be 13 inch or 19 inch max?Pufferpunk wrote:They are completely different species of the same genus family of puffers.
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Whatever the Pufferpedia says. I will repeat: There are many different species within the Dogface (Arothron) family of puffers.
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Ok cheers, ill pass the info onPufferpunk wrote:Whatever the Pufferpedia says. I will repeat: There are many species within the Dogface (Arothron) family of puffers.
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Re: porcupine puffer size and growth rate
Thank you. 
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Just looked on google images and tbh it could be either dogface or s+s as its so small 1inch atm its kinda hard to tell ill tell him to avoid incase it is an s+s as they get SO big!Pufferpunk wrote:Thank you.
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That sounds like a good idea 
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The S&S IS also a dogface. Dogface is only the common name for a family of puffers. I still think you don't understand. I wouldn't be surprised at all if Google Images IDed their puffers incorrectly, unlike our Pufferpedia. Best bet would be to take a pic of the puffer you are interested in at the store & post it up here, for correct ID.
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I have picks but no pc just a blackberry how can I upload pick?Pufferpunk wrote:The S&S IS also a dogface. Dogface is only the common name for a family of puffers. I still think you don't understand. I wouldn't be surprised at all if Google Images IDed their puffers incorrectly, unlike our Pufferpedia. Best bet would be to take a pic of the puffer you are interested in at the store & post it up here, for correct ID.
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Re: porcupine puffer size and growth rate
Do u have an email I can email a pic to for u to I'd or upload for I'd? I can't upload via blackberryPufferpunk wrote:The S&S IS also a dogface. Dogface is only the common name for a family of puffers. I still think you don't understand. I wouldn't be surprised at all if Google Images IDed their puffers incorrectly, unlike our Pufferpedia. Best bet would be to take a pic of the puffer you are interested in at the store & post it up here, for correct ID.
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Load it onto http://www.photobucket.com & then post the [img] link here.
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http://m1206.photobucket.com/albumview/ ... pnyJGsw%3DPufferpunk wrote:Load it onto http://www.photobucket.com & then post the [img] link here.