Big Dwarf Puffer

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Big Dwarf Puffer

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I saw a huge dwarf puffer today. It was at least 1" big. All the other DPs in the tank was ~0.75inch big. I thought it was a red eyed species, but it actually did not have red eyes. Tail and belly was also yellow. The patterns on the back was also similar to a regular DP and I saw wrinkles behind the eyes, so it was a male.

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That would be mine. I call him Killer, because he won't let anything live in his tank.
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Your DP was that big? In the first pic, there are some DP ~0.75inch big for comparison.
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Re: Big Dwarf Puffer

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Its nice to see them at that stage of there life.

Most of DP's I see in my LFS are very small and dieing from IP's :(
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When I look at mine he seems so little. Then I went to the lfs. Oh gosh the new DPs are tiny! My guys is 3x the size of their biggest one. Now I wonder how much bigger he might get...
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when i had some the male was bigger then 1 inch.
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I saw a tank of TINY babies at the LFS the other day. They were unbelievably small! I'd be terrified to clean their tank.

If I saw an adult DP over an inch, I'd scoop it right up!
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Terrance wrote:I saw a huge dwarf puffer today. It was at least 1" big. All the other DPs in the tank was ~0.75inch big. I thought it was a red eyed species, but it actually did not have red eyes. Tail and belly was also yellow. The patterns on the back was also similar to a regular DP and I saw wrinkles behind the eyes, so it was a male.
Are you at Midway Tropical Fish and Pet's?? Do you live in Washington? I may have just seen that puffer, because I just went to Midway!
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Yup that is Midway. He was gone when I visited midway yesterday.
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Re: Big Dwarf Puffer

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Terrance wrote:Yup that is Midway. He was gone when I visited midway yesterday.
We even went to Midway on the same day!

(I went at 1pm until 2:30pm)
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I was there around 4:30 :p on that day.
I never stay for long. Maybe 5 minutes and then I leave. I only look at the puffers and saltwater livestock when I go to any LFS.
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Terrance wrote:I was there around 4:30 :p on that day.
I never stay for long. Maybe 5 minutes and then I leave. I only look at the puffers and saltwater livestock when I go to any LFS.
Whenever I go, I stay as long as I can!
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Re: Big Dwarf Puffer

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knoids wrote:Whenever I go, I stay as long as I can!
Yeah, my kids usually drag me out!
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