"Webb" burrfish?
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Pufferpunk
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Re: "Webb" burrfish?
I wanna see a puffed pic! I had them pick out the dead one at my LFS.
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OraLacerta
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Re: "Webb" burrfish?
Fantastic news! It's funny that she's as sensitive about strangers as my guy although mine is more likely to make a mad dash for the LR than to puff up. 
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Re: "Webb" burrfish?
I did get a picture of her puffed on my cell phone, but its a horrible shot. I was just trying to get a photo of her and she puffed at the phone. But she's not scared of my regular camera in the least, go figure.
If she had more than one chunk of live rock in the Qtank, she'd probably be running to hide as well. She just doesn't have the option!
If she had more than one chunk of live rock in the Qtank, she'd probably be running to hide as well. She just doesn't have the option!
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Re: "Webb" burrfish?
PufferPunk, you should have bought the puffer before it died 
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Re: "Webb" burrfish?
Well, its been a long time and Paris is finally settled in her 75 setup. There's already diatoms and algae growing, so I figured I'd better get some pictures up quick before it looks horrible!
So, the big girl (she looks a little thin because she was too stressed from the move to be interested in food):
Slightly different angle, showing some of the macro algae in the background:
The entire tank view (most of the plants are fake, some is real though):
A little info on her setup... its a 75 that I intended to have my 29g sump hooked up to, but when the power went out and the sump backsiphoned (my fault, I forgot to drill an airhole to break the siphon in this situation) and dumped about 10 gallons of water down onto the lower apartment.. well, that was not a good first impression on my new landlord! Thank goodness there was room in the sump to hold most of the backsiphoned water, but it still was a bad thing to come home to. So, after spending the next day jumping and running to the tank every single time something gurgled or bubbled, I decided to unhook the sump and empty it. I don't want to lose the fuge and extra water volume, but I just can't risk any sort of overflow again, the landlord will surely tell me to get rid of the tank if it happens. I have two AC500's, I might turn those into HOB fuges, they hold several gallons.
The decor is a mix of new base rock and a large amount of seeded live rock I had in my tank at the other apartment. Some of the plants are live, the red "bubble" algae, the green tube-looking type stuff. The other stuff is all fake but it waves nicely in the current and looks great.
So far, Paris has not bothered or even acknoledged the corals (mushrooms and a few polyps), or the maroon clown. The clown on the other hand, is absolutely furious that Paris is invading "her" tank, and follows her around threatening her and throwing a fit in general. Paris just ignores her completely, even when she swims right up to her face and takes swipes at her (no actual contact, yet). So so far, so good. I honestly thought Paris would take her out with one bite, considering she was being fed live feeders when I bought her. Maybe when she settles in more it will be a different story.
So, we've come a LONG LONG way from this poor little pitiful thing:
So, the big girl (she looks a little thin because she was too stressed from the move to be interested in food):
Slightly different angle, showing some of the macro algae in the background:
The entire tank view (most of the plants are fake, some is real though):
A little info on her setup... its a 75 that I intended to have my 29g sump hooked up to, but when the power went out and the sump backsiphoned (my fault, I forgot to drill an airhole to break the siphon in this situation) and dumped about 10 gallons of water down onto the lower apartment.. well, that was not a good first impression on my new landlord! Thank goodness there was room in the sump to hold most of the backsiphoned water, but it still was a bad thing to come home to. So, after spending the next day jumping and running to the tank every single time something gurgled or bubbled, I decided to unhook the sump and empty it. I don't want to lose the fuge and extra water volume, but I just can't risk any sort of overflow again, the landlord will surely tell me to get rid of the tank if it happens. I have two AC500's, I might turn those into HOB fuges, they hold several gallons.
The decor is a mix of new base rock and a large amount of seeded live rock I had in my tank at the other apartment. Some of the plants are live, the red "bubble" algae, the green tube-looking type stuff. The other stuff is all fake but it waves nicely in the current and looks great.
So far, Paris has not bothered or even acknoledged the corals (mushrooms and a few polyps), or the maroon clown. The clown on the other hand, is absolutely furious that Paris is invading "her" tank, and follows her around threatening her and throwing a fit in general. Paris just ignores her completely, even when she swims right up to her face and takes swipes at her (no actual contact, yet). So so far, so good. I honestly thought Paris would take her out with one bite, considering she was being fed live feeders when I bought her. Maybe when she settles in more it will be a different story.
So, we've come a LONG LONG way from this poor little pitiful thing: