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Hi,

Another newbie on the forum!
My name is Esther, from Rotterdam- Netherlands.

I 've a question about my Canthigaster solandri. She is living in a 110L (80x35x40cm) tank at the moment, with;
1 Amblygobius phalaena
1 Ecsenius stigmatura
2 Synchiropus ocellatus (couple)
1 Archaster angulatus

A friend of mine is selling her 300L (120x50x50cm) tank, and I'm wondering if I can put a baby porcupine also in the same tank. If i buy her tank, that is! My solandri is about 7cm, and I will look for a porcupine not bigger than 5-7cm.
I saw on the pufferpedia that I need at least a 450L tank just to keep a adult porcupine.. then that will be the next tank! Or what size do I need, if it's possible to keep them in de same tank?

I also like to know how fast a porcupine grows; will he grow a few cm's every month, or does it take years before they grow up? And does he really grow till 50cm, or would he stay smaller in captivity?

Thanks!!

(edit)
I forgot to introduce my solandri CocoNuts;

Teasing the Amblygobius "I got a shrimpstick!"

I have not kept marine puffers, so I'll pass the answers on to the next poster, but I have to say, what does she have in her mouth? It looks like a barnacle!

1st of all, if you resize those pics I can actually see the fish! Best no larger than 800x600.

I really wouldn't suggest keeping different species of puffers together. The porc will grow quickly & put out a lot of waste. Also, it may not get along with the other puffer.

We're getting a lot of Netherlanders here lately!

@ mrgreen; A barnacle is a snail, right?? Coco is eating a shrimpstick (O.S.I), she loves them.

@Pufferpunk; Thanks!
And I'm sorry.. I thought that photobucket did resize them for me. How can I fix it?

Ok.. I saw a lot of tanks on the internet (for example on you tube) who mixed ther marine puffers, so I was very curious if this combination was possible.

Oh oh.. "we" also have our own pufferforum for dutchies.. but sometimes it good to hear some different options!

This is a barnacle. They grow on just about anything they can in the sea, it seems! I remember walking along the beach as a kid, trying not to slip on the seaweed that was all over rocks that were covered with barnacles!

A barnacle is a snail, right??

More like a kind of crab:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnacle

Please don't use Youtube as an example of how to keep fish. Anyone can post anything there & most of what I've seen that has to do with examples of fishkeeping there, is horrific!

@mrgreen: Oh, thanks! I have seen them before.. but then on mussels or on stones in the sea. I mostly remember a lot of jellyfish! (too bad on the beach )

@Pufferpunk; Thanks!

No, ofcourse not!! Most horrible thing I saw was a fahaka, mbu, F8, and I thought it was a gsp, put in 1 tank...
But that why I ask first if it's possible.. instead of put them together and see what happens.

Hi Essie Welcome to thepufferforum.com How do you make time for us over here? I would think that being a Global Moderator on Kogelforum.lode.biz would keep you busy .

Hi Jim, thanks for the warm welcome!!
Haha, that will keep me busy.. but I spend a little less time with Coco now, while I'm reading here. My computer is in front of the tank, so I will be sitting next to her anyway. There isn't so much info about porcupines in dutch, and I don't want to do anything stupid.