I've been lurking here for a while now and wanted to post some pictures of my porcupine puffer. He has been the best addition to my 180 gallon FOWLR. He has been eating well since day one when I picked him up from my LFS. The only challenge I have now is not to spoil him with food when he begs with those big eyes...
Here's a picture I took when I first added him to my tank...
Here's a picture I took today when I saw him puff for the first time right after feeding him. Not sure why he puffed up but I'm glad I had the camera ready since it only lasted for 30 seconds...
My Puffers: 1x GSP (Bolla), 1x m. something. Bought as a leiurus, maybe a turgidus (Tiger), 1x c. irrubesco (Tott(a) aka Houdini) 1x c. salivator (Jack the Ripper), 1x m. cochinchinensis (Hufflepuff - R.I.P.), 2x c. lorteti (Tommy and Tigern = Calvin and Hubbes), 1x m. suvatti (Koseklumpen), 1x m. palembangensis (Dragonfly), 2x t. biocellatus (Koken and Fiken).
Those Diodons are the type of puff I would keep out of all the species I know... if I had room. There's one at my lfs that's in love with me lol
29 Gallon Marine tank, with refugium, skimmer. Base rock, coral skeletons. Stock: Baby Ocellaurus Clown, young Saddled Toby, 3 Hermit crabs,one 2 inch Bristle Worm, hitch hiking starfish.
10g Biotope. 3 C. Travancoricus (Dwarf Puffer) Some Ghost shrimp, gravel/sand substrate, heavily planted with Swords and Java Moss.
10g LR Culture Tank. 10+ pounds fiji LR / base rock. Assorted hitch hiking inverts
Some FW tanks.
In My Experience, Fishkeeping is like Cooking. Five or ten basics will keep anyone from getting sick. But to be truly magnificent... You have to know the right Recipies.
If I just had the ROOM for a big tank for a porcupine puffer I'd of had one several years ago. Ahh, nope. Guess it's just gonna be me and Camille for a while.
Thanks fellas! This is my first saltwater tank and I'm glad my friend talked me into buying his tank especially since I only wanted a 40g at first. I'm glad I listened since after reading up on porcupine puffers it turns out that my 180g was the minimum size requirement. The tank is still a work in progress, I still need to replace the PVC return pipes with a black one so it doesn't stand out. So far I have upgraded my protein skimmer to a new one that handles up to 200g. I have also replaced the lights with a LED setup (marineland reef LED). Here are a few pics of the tank...
Here's a picture of my Valentini...I saw him at PETCO up for adoption ($5 donation). The previous owner had him for 4yrs but could not care for him anymore. His mouth is chipped however he is still able to eat small pieces of food that doesn't require too much effort to bite. I felt bad for him and had to take him home.
His favorite spot at night to rest with his rock mates...
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
The Valentini looks thin, If he doesn't fatten up in a week, treat them all for IPs. I'm also not sure it's a great idea housing the 2 specie of puffers together.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
I've had the Valentini for about 3 weeks now and have seen him at PETCO for 2 weeks prior (we went on vacation and did not want to pick him up) and have never seen it fat or bigger than what his size is now. He has trouble eating bigger pieces of shrimp so I usually feed him mysis instead. I would like to treat it for IP like you mentioned. Do you have any recomendations on what treatment to buy? That's too bad that I can't keep both puffers in one tank because they get along fine. I'd hate to let him go....
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
That is such an awesome tank. The scale of some of those rock pieces is deceptive. They seem "normal" size, in relation to the chunks I'm used to using... then you see the fish next to em, and blam!... you realize thats an effin huge pc of rock. Adorable puffs too, both of em.
29 Gallon Marine tank, with refugium, skimmer. Base rock, coral skeletons. Stock: Baby Ocellaurus Clown, young Saddled Toby, 3 Hermit crabs,one 2 inch Bristle Worm, hitch hiking starfish.
10g Biotope. 3 C. Travancoricus (Dwarf Puffer) Some Ghost shrimp, gravel/sand substrate, heavily planted with Swords and Java Moss.
10g LR Culture Tank. 10+ pounds fiji LR / base rock. Assorted hitch hiking inverts
Some FW tanks.
In My Experience, Fishkeeping is like Cooking. Five or ten basics will keep anyone from getting sick. But to be truly magnificent... You have to know the right Recipies.
I'm always afraid to put a lot of rock like that in the tank. I'm not exactly sure how much weight that bottom glass panel can take before everything drops straight through it.
