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Srkoe
Fahaka Puffer
Posts: 770 Joined: Tue Feb 08, 2011 2:46 pm
Gender: Female
My Puffers: 1 Fahaka "Ares" 2 GSP "Wally"&"Marty" 6 Dwarfs "the peas" 2 Figure 8 "Fugu"&"Gizzard" 1 Honeycomb Toby "Ashera" 2 Congo "P-Nut"&"Bevo" 1 mystery puffer (turgidus?)"Manson"
Location (country): United States
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by Srkoe » Tue Sep 13, 2011 12:07 am
sevenyearnight
Former Staff Member
Posts: 1894 Joined: Wed Aug 31, 2011 2:41 am
Gender: Female
My Puffers: T. nigroviridis Balki Bartokomous
Location (country): USA
Location: South Carolina
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by sevenyearnight » Tue Sep 13, 2011 12:10 am
Holy surlaW he's cute!
i has leaf hat
xrayjeeper83
Mbu Puffer
Posts: 4167 Joined: Thu May 06, 2010 9:31 pm
Gender: Male
My Puffers: Fahaka named Bloat Abei named Huey GSP named Bacon
Location (country): USA
Location: Orange Park, FL
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by xrayjeeper83 » Tue Sep 13, 2011 12:16 am
That is awesome.
I need to get an air stone in my tank see how my turg(i think maybe not) likes it
RTR wrote: Fahakas do not have tank mates, they may have swimming food reserves.
jjj5311
Figure 8 Puffer
Posts: 142 Joined: Wed Jul 13, 2011 4:14 pm
Gender: Male
My Puffers: 2 DPs Green Spotted Puffer
Location (country): USA
Location: Milwuakee, WI
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by jjj5311 » Tue Sep 13, 2011 12:22 am
awesome pics!!! he is looking good
idk why puffs are so obsessed with bubbles but it has to be the cutest thing lol
xrayjeeper83
Mbu Puffer
Posts: 4167 Joined: Thu May 06, 2010 9:31 pm
Gender: Male
My Puffers: Fahaka named Bloat Abei named Huey GSP named Bacon
Location (country): USA
Location: Orange Park, FL
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by xrayjeeper83 » Tue Sep 13, 2011 12:25 am
jjj my guess would be that since they dont have scales that the bubbles feel good running up and around their skin
RTR wrote: Fahakas do not have tank mates, they may have swimming food reserves.
jjj5311
Figure 8 Puffer
Posts: 142 Joined: Wed Jul 13, 2011 4:14 pm
Gender: Male
My Puffers: 2 DPs Green Spotted Puffer
Location (country): USA
Location: Milwuakee, WI
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by jjj5311 » Tue Sep 13, 2011 12:29 am
xrayjeeper83 wrote: jjj my guess would be that since they dont have scales that the bubbles feel good running up and around their skin
+1
i have always needed a quantitative conclusion before i am convinced though, lol
but i like bubbles so i dont see why a puffer wouldnt lol
Srkoe
Fahaka Puffer
Posts: 770 Joined: Tue Feb 08, 2011 2:46 pm
Gender: Female
My Puffers: 1 Fahaka "Ares" 2 GSP "Wally"&"Marty" 6 Dwarfs "the peas" 2 Figure 8 "Fugu"&"Gizzard" 1 Honeycomb Toby "Ashera" 2 Congo "P-Nut"&"Bevo" 1 mystery puffer (turgidus?)"Manson"
Location (country): United States
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by Srkoe » Tue Sep 13, 2011 12:35 am
I think this weekend we are going to put a bubble curtain in for him...maybe...I might not want to remove his girlfriend...lol! He sleeps in his cave all day and on his airstone all night!
Srkoe
Fahaka Puffer
Posts: 770 Joined: Tue Feb 08, 2011 2:46 pm
Gender: Female
My Puffers: 1 Fahaka "Ares" 2 GSP "Wally"&"Marty" 6 Dwarfs "the peas" 2 Figure 8 "Fugu"&"Gizzard" 1 Honeycomb Toby "Ashera" 2 Congo "P-Nut"&"Bevo" 1 mystery puffer (turgidus?)"Manson"
Location (country): United States
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by Srkoe » Tue Sep 13, 2011 12:36 am
sevenyearnight wrote: Holy surlaW he's cute!
i has leaf hat
LMAO!!!!!
Pufftastic
Green Spotted Puffer
Posts: 430 Joined: Wed May 12, 2010 2:02 pm
My Puffers: 1 x C travancoricus Have also kept: T biocellatus
Location (country): California USA
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by Pufftastic » Tue Sep 13, 2011 2:12 pm
Manson is responsible for the fact that I now desperately want a turgidus...
Yo ho, yo ho, a puffer's life for me.
RVS
Green Spotted Puffer
Posts: 374 Joined: Fri Aug 26, 2011 7:36 pm
Gender: Male
My Puffers: Currently: 2 T. Nigroviridis 20 C. Travancoricus. Also Kept: M. Abei Other BF: A hundred of Brackish P. Velifera & P. sphenops. Pure Parambassis Ranga.
Location (country): Mexico lindo y querido!
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by RVS » Tue Sep 13, 2011 2:30 pm
Hehehe he loves the air stone!
Let there be light, and lit up the days... Let there be puffers, and they swam around the world...
PuffGenesis, 1, 1.
Reaperpilot2014
Fahaka Puffer
Posts: 638 Joined: Tue Aug 09, 2011 1:38 am
Gender: Male
My Puffers: 150g - 1 Fahaka Puffer "Ramses" (The Pharaoh) 55g - 3 SA Puffers "Larry, Curly, * Moe" 30g - 1 GSP "Demon" 15g - 1 C. Irrubesco "Raoden" 29g - 1 Figure 8 - Looking for good name ideas... 29g - Ramshorn, Marmorkreb, Cherry & Ghost Shrimp Breeder Tank 10 wonderful years with puffers!
Location (country): USA
Location: Utah
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by Reaperpilot2014 » Tue Sep 13, 2011 3:41 pm
He says, "I'm going to hide under this leaf because there is no possible way that anyone will find me."
It's a crayfish! It's a snail! It's a... ah who cares?
Nom nom nom!...
Tank: 4 liter custom-shaped sphere
Contents: 1 Brainfish
Ph: 7.4
Ammonia, nitrites, nitrates: ?
Problem: Cloudy/muddy water
Can you help me?
Srkoe
Fahaka Puffer
Posts: 770 Joined: Tue Feb 08, 2011 2:46 pm
Gender: Female
My Puffers: 1 Fahaka "Ares" 2 GSP "Wally"&"Marty" 6 Dwarfs "the peas" 2 Figure 8 "Fugu"&"Gizzard" 1 Honeycomb Toby "Ashera" 2 Congo "P-Nut"&"Bevo" 1 mystery puffer (turgidus?)"Manson"
Location (country): United States
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by Srkoe » Tue Sep 13, 2011 4:15 pm
Pufftastic wrote: Manson is responsible for the fact that I now desperately want a turgidus...
He's so cute...and to think, I almost passed him up! It seems that I always have room for just one more puffer...lol!
Reaperpilot2014
Fahaka Puffer
Posts: 638 Joined: Tue Aug 09, 2011 1:38 am
Gender: Male
My Puffers: 150g - 1 Fahaka Puffer "Ramses" (The Pharaoh) 55g - 3 SA Puffers "Larry, Curly, * Moe" 30g - 1 GSP "Demon" 15g - 1 C. Irrubesco "Raoden" 29g - 1 Figure 8 - Looking for good name ideas... 29g - Ramshorn, Marmorkreb, Cherry & Ghost Shrimp Breeder Tank 10 wonderful years with puffers!
Location (country): USA
Location: Utah
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by Reaperpilot2014 » Tue Sep 13, 2011 6:13 pm
There is always that desire to have one more puffer.
It's a crayfish! It's a snail! It's a... ah who cares?
Nom nom nom!...
Tank: 4 liter custom-shaped sphere
Contents: 1 Brainfish
Ph: 7.4
Ammonia, nitrites, nitrates: ?
Problem: Cloudy/muddy water
Can you help me?
Flutter
Former Staff Member
Posts: 2938 Joined: Wed Nov 18, 2009 5:43 pm
Location (country): Canada
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by Flutter » Tue Sep 13, 2011 6:25 pm
Cute!
It is absurd to talk of one animal being higher than another. We consider those, when the cerebral structure/intellectual faculties most developed, as highest. A bee doubtless would when the instincts were.
Charles Darwin
Reaperpilot2014
Fahaka Puffer
Posts: 638 Joined: Tue Aug 09, 2011 1:38 am
Gender: Male
My Puffers: 150g - 1 Fahaka Puffer "Ramses" (The Pharaoh) 55g - 3 SA Puffers "Larry, Curly, * Moe" 30g - 1 GSP "Demon" 15g - 1 C. Irrubesco "Raoden" 29g - 1 Figure 8 - Looking for good name ideas... 29g - Ramshorn, Marmorkreb, Cherry & Ghost Shrimp Breeder Tank 10 wonderful years with puffers!
Location (country): USA
Location: Utah
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by Reaperpilot2014 » Tue Sep 13, 2011 6:29 pm
Beware! One more is never enough!
"I'm Spencer, and I'm a pufferholic."
It's a crayfish! It's a snail! It's a... ah who cares?
Nom nom nom!...
Tank: 4 liter custom-shaped sphere
Contents: 1 Brainfish
Ph: 7.4
Ammonia, nitrites, nitrates: ?
Problem: Cloudy/muddy water
Can you help me?