Need your help with identifying a Puffer fish!

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LilGreenPuffer
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Re: Need your help with identifying a Puffer fish!

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"I will give you a talisman. Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test. Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man whom you may have seen, and ask yourself, if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him or her. Will she gain anything by it? Will it restore her to a control over her own life and destiny? In other words, will it lead to freedom for the hungry and spiritually starving millions? Then you will find your doubts and your self melt away."

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Re: Need your help with identifying a Puffer fish!

Post by Dazz Torrent »

Guys! Have a really stupid question to ask. So please don't slam me!!!

Do you know how to transfer a puffer to another tank?

My local aquarist told me I need to have a bag and coax it in, so yeah, I'm kinda confused.

Can't I just use a huge net?

Sorry once again for the stupid question! Spare me the criticism. I'm new!

Thanks!
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bigfatfish
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Re: Need your help with identifying a Puffer fish!

Post by bigfatfish »

When I moved mine (although only a small GSP) I sort of scooped him into a large jug. Maybe you could scoop him using a large bucket? Don't know what to suggest really.
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LilGreenPuffer
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Joined: Sun Jan 25, 2009 11:26 pm
Gender: Female
My Puffers: Dwarf puffer - Thumbelina (only mine in my heart now; she lives in CT with my friend)

RIP Inigo Montoya, Fezzik, and Vizinni.
RIP James Bond.
Location (country): United States
Location: Kentucky

Re: Need your help with identifying a Puffer fish!

Post by LilGreenPuffer »

You can't use a net to move them because if they are exposed to air, they will panic and try to puff, but they will get filled with air, which they cannot expel on their own. This can kill them if you can't get it out. You will need to do the whole thing underwater - use a net to trap him and coax him into a large container, lift the container out (keep it covered with the net so it can't jump out), and then lower the container into the water. If at any point the puffer ingests air, refer to the article in the Library on "burping" your puffer.
"I will give you a talisman. Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test. Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man whom you may have seen, and ask yourself, if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him or her. Will she gain anything by it? Will it restore her to a control over her own life and destiny? In other words, will it lead to freedom for the hungry and spiritually starving millions? Then you will find your doubts and your self melt away."

Found among the papers of Mohatma Gandhi

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I AM A DUDETTE!

NEED NITRIFYING BACTERIA FOR YOUR NEW TANK? PM ME!
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