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Porcupine Puffer at LFS
Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 4:27 pm
by mikeosoft
I was at one of my LFS's today just checking out their selection and I noticed they had a young (about 4") Porcupine puffer in one of the tanks. Then I noticed his underside was bright white, almost like it had been painted. My Porcupine's belly looks nothing like this one. While the tips of his spines down there are white, his body is the usual tan color. Was this puffer painted? Is it normal or is this some kind of illness? I snapped a picture with my camera phone, this was the best I could get.
Thanks
Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 4:39 pm
by Pufferpunk
Pic is way too big. I can't even see the fish!
Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 4:53 pm
by mikeosoft
Resized for smaller screens.
Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 7:12 pm
by Puffer Queen
That is a normal variation of a diodon holocanthus.
Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 7:47 pm
by Pufferpunk
Thanks, I can see it now.
Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 1:43 am
by stinky
looks like a normal puff to me. Not a very good photo to go off of . No offence
Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 11:44 pm
by Apocalyptictoast
Well his question was about the belly. So for that fact, its a good picture.
Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 3:45 pm
by mikeosoft
Thanks for the info. The belly of my porc is not nearly that white and I thought the one at the LFS looked painted on. This LFS sells all kinds of dyed/injected fish, that’s why I had my suspicions.
Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2006 10:26 pm
by Steph11787
My porcupine puffer looks just like that.