so... people with porcupine puffers: how in the world were

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hadla
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so... people with porcupine puffers: how in the world were

Post by hadla »

you able to pick just one to take home??? I always fall in love with all the porcupine puffers at Aqualife! They usually have at least 10 of them... I don't think I would be able to choose just one to take home with me! Although, today, my heart was torn between two of them... if only I had a 100something gallon tank for one lol...

I think my favorite one was just a little bigger than Figgy! I've never seen them so small!
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Most of the LFS here only have 1 at a time ! So you cant fall in to the puffer Hoarder ! LOL
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Re: so... people with porcupine puffers: how in the world were

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Same with my lfs. They only ever have one, if that. The little guy they have now hides from everyone but me because I go in there to look at him so much I guess. He's about 4' and he's adorable. Wish I had a suitable tank system for him.
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Re: so... people with porcupine puffers: how in the world were

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i fell in love with a dog face puffer at my LFS but also dont have what i need 2 care 4 him...it sucks lol
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I always saw pics of the dog puffs and thought they were ugly... until I saw a baby one in some doods Fish Only 90g... their super cute in person. :D
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.
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My LFS has a few porcupines and like 5 babies they are so cute
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Re: so... people with porcupine puffers: how in the world were

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yeah i figured most of you probably didnt have much of a choice in picking one... i wonder how many of them they actually sell to people at aqualife and how many of those are in the right size tanks and actually live a long time...
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