Red Porcupine Puffer

Terrance · Post by **Terrance** » Sun Oct 21, 2012 8:14 pm

I was looking aroung on the Web about mixing a porcupine in a reef tank and found this fellow

http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum/gen ... uffer.html

Post by **Pufferpunk** » Sun Oct 21, 2012 8:56 pm

That puffer is dyed, for sure.

Master of Puffers · Post by **Master of Puffers** » Mon Oct 22, 2012 12:17 am

I used to work in an experimental lab where we were looking at carentoid pigments for use in flamingos..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canthaxanthin

eta..this one..http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astaxanthin

Arny · Post by **Arny** » Mon Oct 22, 2012 12:28 am

Beautiful porcy

Post by **Pufferpunk** » Mon Oct 22, 2012 12:30 am

Sorry to say, probably more like this: http://www.deathbydyeing.org/

Master of Puffers · Post by **Master of Puffers** » Mon Oct 22, 2012 12:34 am

Used to see that all the time back in the UK with neon dyed glass cat-fish.

we saw some a couple of years ago and the spawn wanted to buy some until Puffer gohti explained exactly how the fish were coloured...and why we would never buy them...

Post by **sgtmyers88** » Mon Oct 22, 2012 1:34 am

Poor Porky

Post by **Pufferpunk** » Mon Oct 22, 2012 9:59 am

The OP of that thread, also said he saw them in blue.

defool89 · Post by **defool89** » Mon Oct 22, 2012 2:32 pm

I kept reading and it says that the owner of that fish bought it from lfs naturally colored but it changed after a year

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