Porcupine Puffer In LFS
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energizerfish
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Porcupine Puffer In LFS
Not sure if this is the right place to post this...please feel free to correct me if this is misplaced. Anywho, there is a young porcupine puffer in one of the LFS around here that seems to be puffed out every time I go there. Is this a normal thing for porcupine puffers or is something wrong with this puffer/store?
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chuckfriedrice
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Re: Porcupine Puffer In LFS
Hes probally stressed out! Could be all the new people or who knows what the LFS is doing ! Ive seen some really dumb people on youtube who make them puff on purpose !
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Pufferpunk
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Re: Porcupine Puffer In LFS
An uncycled tank/poor parameters can cause stress. A stressed-out puffer will puff.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
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energizerfish
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Re: Porcupine Puffer In LFS
Would it be unreasonable to ask the LFS for a test of their water parameters before buying a puffer from them in this case if the puffer has been there for several months?
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Pufferpunk
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Re: Porcupine Puffer In LFS
Nothing is unreasonable when dealing with the life of an animal, IMO.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
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sevenyearnight
Re: Porcupine Puffer In LFS
+1Pufferpunk wrote:Nothing is unreasonable when dealing with the life of an animal, IMO.
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xrayjeeper83
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Re: Porcupine Puffer In LFS
Complete agree with PP(what a shocker)
RTR wrote:Fahakas do not have tank mates, they may have swimming food reserves.
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Purifire
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Re: Porcupine Puffer In LFS
They have a young Diodon at the LFS where I live and I've never seen him puff out... Even though the tank is small and there isn't (IMO) sufficient skimming. So I'd wonder, too.
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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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energizerfish
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Re: Porcupine Puffer In LFS
Thank you for all the helpful comments. My friend is moving into a new house and he really likes the diodon. I thought I might help him set up a saltwater tank and once the tank was cycled I would get him a diodon, but I think I will probably just wait.
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D1105
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Re: Porcupine Puffer In LFS
It would also be a good idea to ask them to feed the puffer in front of you. My LFS had two porcupine puffers in stock when I picked up mine, they had a smaller one which had his tail nipped by another fish and a bigger one that looked perfect. I was surprised to see that the smaller one (the one I felt sorry for) munched on the food right away, while the other bigger puffer on the other tank didn't show any interest at his food.