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    project5k

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    IS IT PUFFER OR BOXFISH OR ARE THOES THE SAME OR WHAT?
     
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    yote Ceritfied Mantis Hunter Moderator

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    That is a porcupine puffer.
    Completely different than a boxfish.
     
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    yote is right on. Is it yours? If it is it looks healthy, nice job and good pic.
    Ryan
     
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    +1 yote
     
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    oh sorry, no i cant take any credit, not mine, i was lookn round at what i thought i would like to get in the future, and i came across this guy, just smiling... but there was no information, just a picture... so i didnt know what it was....
     
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    they are aggressive and should go in a predator tank. Dont put them in a reef tank.
     
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    aww, that little guy is agressive???? but he looks so happy! hehehe 'course, my clown allways looks like he's frowning, so....
     
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    the porcupine puffer is a cool lil guy:sfish: we had one in our 90 gal aggresive tank and he would actually come up to the top and let you pet him :bounce:we named him GI Joe due to the fact that he looks like hes in camo:mrgreen: but he did have a habit of eating the smaller fish that we had in the tank:grumble:
     
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    i would have to have a bunch more tank before i could even consider going agressive...
     
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    ours was 90 gal and we had the puffer a lionfish a koran and 2 green carpets:grumble: and a dogface puffer and a couple of clowns the worse part of all of them was the carpets they ate the puffer:frustrat:
     
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    um, guess i dont know what a carpet in this context is then, cause when i say carpet, i cant see it eating a fish, unless the fish is going surfing...
     
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    a carpet anemone and the we had 2 green ones:grumble:
     
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    ahhh ok, i'm cought up now.. thanks.
     
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    All puffers are aggressive. IMO. They have teeth and like to nibble on just about everything.
     
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    really, so i guess i was under the wrong impression then... i figured by having such a unique defence mech, that they would be more passive... hmmm the things you learn...
     
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    Puffers HAVE to nibble.They do that to wear their teeth down.If they dont,the teeth will grow to the point the fish cant feed.
    Even tho they are a predator,they tame down fairly decent.There used to be a big golden dogface at the store,that loved to have his belly scratched,just like a dog.He'd spit water at you until you scratched him.
     
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    so thier kinda like rodents with the teeth then?
     
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    :lol: :lol:
    Or Parrots.
     
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    yote Ceritfied Mantis Hunter Moderator

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    Pretty much:D
     
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    I used to have a GSP in a brackish tank that you could pet on the head and hand feed. His name was Martin.
    Sadly I had to get rid of him because I wanted to go reef, but I set him up in a 30g tank for a friend so I still get to see him if I want.
    Puffers are really cool fish with tons of personality, sucks that they're limited to species tanks and aggressive tanks.
     
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