What a small world we live in. I just had to join this forum after running into Pufferpunk this past weekend. I say small world because I used to work for her at a pet shop TWENTY NINE years ago! LOL
At any rate, my name is Bob and I keep cichlids of all sorts, own a Pittie, 5 cats, an Eclectus parrot and would love to get into a nice freshwater puffer.
So hello everyone. My mouth is shut, and my ears and eyes are wide open!
Small world!
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xrayjeeper83
- Mbu Puffer
- Posts: 4167
- Joined: Thu May 06, 2010 9:31 pm
- Gender: Male
- My Puffers: Fahaka named Bloat
Abei named Huey
GSP named Bacon - Location (country): USA
- Location: Orange Park, FL
Re: Small world!
welcome
RTR wrote:Fahakas do not have tank mates, they may have swimming food reserves.
![[welcome]](./images/smilies/welcome.gif "welcome")
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Pufferpunk
- Queen Admin
- Posts: 32979
- Joined: Tue May 31, 2005 11:06 am
- Gender: Female
- My Puffers: Puffers I have kept:
T lineatus
T miurus
A modestus
T biocellatus
C valentini
C coranata
C papuan
C lorteti
DPs
suvattii
burrfish
T niphobles - Location (country): USA, Greenville, SC
- Location: Greenville, SC
- Contact:
Re: Small world!
It was great running into you yesterday! I had a blast! Such memories of that place... Glad to see you followed me here.
See my post on the swap in our FW forum here.
See my post on the swap in our FW forum here.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
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FADE2BLACK_1973
- Mbu Puffer
- Posts: 1185
- Joined: Thu Nov 18, 2010 5:09 pm
- Gender: Male
- My Puffers: Fahaka (Tetraodon lineatus)
Once owned:
Congo (Tetraodon miurus) R.I.P
GSP's
Figure 8's
SAP
DP's
Stars and Stripes
Porcupine puffers
Yellow long horn Cowfish
Striped Burrfish - Location (country): United States of America
- Location: Kentucky
Re: Small world!
Welcome to the group. 29 years ago was along time ago.
Chris,
He who knows best knows how little he knows - Thomas Jefferson
He who knows best knows how little he knows - Thomas Jefferson
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RTR
- Mentor
- Posts: 6155
- Joined: Tue May 31, 2005 4:39 pm
- Gender: Male
- Location (country): East Coast, USA
Re: Small world!
Cichlid nuts generally make good puffer keepers. Welcome to the party.
Where's the fish? - Neptune
Re: Small world!
Thanks for the welcome. Now what's a good FW puffer? Something that gets 5-8" with that "face"?!
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xrayjeeper83
- Mbu Puffer
- Posts: 4167
- Joined: Thu May 06, 2010 9:31 pm
- Gender: Male
- My Puffers: Fahaka named Bloat
Abei named Huey
GSP named Bacon - Location (country): USA
- Location: Orange Park, FL
Re: Small world!
sure was........I wasnt even born yetFADE2BLACK_1973 wrote:Welcome to the group. 29 years ago was along time ago.
RTR wrote:Fahakas do not have tank mates, they may have swimming food reserves.
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Pufferpunk
- Queen Admin
- Posts: 32979
- Joined: Tue May 31, 2005 11:06 am
- Gender: Female
- My Puffers: Puffers I have kept:
T lineatus
T miurus
A modestus
T biocellatus
C valentini
C coranata
C papuan
C lorteti
DPs
suvattii
burrfish
T niphobles - Location (country): USA, Greenville, SC
- Location: Greenville, SC
- Contact:
Re: Small world!
Look through our Pufferpedia, under the Learn tab, above.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
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fugu99
- Figure 8 Puffer
- Posts: 183
- Joined: Sat Feb 05, 2011 11:29 pm
- Gender: Female
- My Puffers: Herbie (Figure 8)
Otto (Figure 8) *deceased
Henry the Figure Eighth (Figure 8)
Other: Luna (Panda Platy)
Io (Panda Platy)
Ganymede (Panda Platy)
Ocelot (Albino Pleco)
Aramis (juvenile Red Wag Platy) - Location (country): United States
- Location: Hampton, VA
Re: Small world!
Welcome sawboy! Hope you find the puffer you want. This is definitely the place to get the information! Have fun!
Wow, 29 years ago, I was born. XD And here I was thinking Pufferpunk had to be sorta around my age... whoops!!
Wow, 29 years ago, I was born. XD And here I was thinking Pufferpunk had to be sorta around my age... whoops!!
"It is never easy, sweet child, to have a real gift: something else is withheld to compensate."
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Pufferpunk
- Queen Admin
- Posts: 32979
- Joined: Tue May 31, 2005 11:06 am
- Gender: Female
- My Puffers: Puffers I have kept:
T lineatus
T miurus
A modestus
T biocellatus
C valentini
C coranata
C papuan
C lorteti
DPs
suvattii
burrfish
T niphobles - Location (country): USA, Greenville, SC
- Location: Greenville, SC
- Contact:
Re: Small world!
Nope! 
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
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geronimo69
- Green Spotted Puffer
- Posts: 297
- Joined: Mon Sep 13, 2010 2:18 pm
- Gender: Male
- My Puffers: Fahaka Puffer "tetraodon lineatus"
- Location (country): Canada
Re: Small world!
RTR wrote:Cichlid nuts generally make good puffer keepers. Welcome to the party.
Ha! It's true.. that's how I got into fish!
"Don't tell fish stories where the people know you; but particularly, don't tell them where they know the fish."
Mark Twain
"Fish recognize a bad leader."
Conan O'Brien
Mark Twain
"Fish recognize a bad leader."
Conan O'Brien
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bertie 83
- Moderator
- Posts: 5298
- Joined: Tue Apr 12, 2011 4:28 pm
- Gender: Male
- My Puffers: lineatus R.I.P, South American puffer. Valentini puffer, porcupine puffer.
Non puffer
Danios, Tetras, Redtail Rasporas,
Harlequins, CAE's, Yoyo
Loaches, Clown loaches ,Eels, various shrimp, tangs,wrasses, damsels, chromis - Location (country): Brighton, England
- Location: brighton , england
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greenspottedlover
- Fahaka Puffer
- Posts: 632
- Joined: Tue Dec 07, 2010 10:47 pm
- Gender: Male
- My Puffers: 1 GSP
- Location (country): Vermont
Re: Small world!
I got into puffers through a long process. I started with newts. Bought some guppies as a feeder for my newt, and they let them live, so they became beloved pets. Started keeping platys. Got into other freshwater fish. Then finally, I started keeping puffers. 
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RTR
- Mentor
- Posts: 6155
- Joined: Tue May 31, 2005 4:39 pm
- Gender: Male
- Location (country): East Coast, USA
Re: Small world!
Do I have to admit that I got my first puffers to eat the excess snails in my Cichlid fry grow-out tanks? 'Way back in the '60s. PP is rather young to me...
Where's the fish? - Neptune