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Chaloupa
02-14-2007, 05:20 AM
You can see our tank from our living room....so as I am watching TV I look over and think what the f**k is that in the tank...figure out it's "Bumper" our porcupine puffer and he is PUFFED! So we run around, of course we can't find any of the 4 digitals in the house, finally find one (after much swearing and running around like chickens with our heads cut off!!!) and get a few pics as he is starting to deflate...holy was that cool!!!!

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c212/Chaloupa/Puffybumper.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c212/Chaloupa/Puffybumper1.jpg

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c212/Chaloupa/Puffybumper2.jpg
justinl
02-14-2007, 05:33 AM
hey that's pretty cool. Any idea what freaked him out enough to puff?
Chaloupa
02-14-2007, 05:38 AM
no clue...no new fish, he's well fed...and the Copperband and Angel were the only fish close to him....he doesn't like the Rabbit and it doesn't like him but it was on the other side of the tank...WEIRD but cool!
EmilyB
02-14-2007, 05:42 AM
Absolutely cool. :biggrin:
OCDP
02-14-2007, 02:33 PM
Awesome.. that's one nice puffer ya got :)
Ruth
02-14-2007, 02:42 PM
Makes me want to get a puffer now - that is so cool.
muck
02-14-2007, 02:51 PM
Great looking Porky, Sarah!!
Chaloupa
02-14-2007, 03:15 PM
THANKS guys! He is pretty cool! A bit more aggressive than I thought he would be, but regardless he's cool!
Sushiman
02-14-2007, 04:24 PM
they may inflate without a stressor as well, I wouldn't worry too much about it. He looks great!
Raf
02-14-2007, 04:32 PM
hehe, cute....our guy did that too after we moved him into a new tank:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v220/Raf_MM/puffer2.jpg

and when he got upset after the move! :D
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v220/Raf_MM/puffer.jpg
OCDP
02-14-2007, 04:38 PM
Awesome puffers.

Haha... if a porky like that were to puff up in the bag from the LFS, would those spines poke a hole through the bag? Heh.. that would suck.
Joe Reefer
02-14-2007, 05:20 PM
Puffers have such a personality in their faces. I wonder if being puffed up hurts, like a cramp or something.
X-Treme
02-14-2007, 11:31 PM
Are these puffers in reefs, cause I read that they are NOT reef safe, but now I want one SOOOOOOOOOOOOO bad for my new tank. They are so cute.
Chaloupa
02-15-2007, 12:09 AM
that's a tough one...mine is in a FOWLR and a "few" corals. GSP and Paly's only...had some SPS but the water was of course not "clean" enough....he doesn't care about the corals just the clean up crew...they are few and far between now as he made a "nice light snack" of them!!
Skimmer Juice
02-15-2007, 01:17 AM
I would watch out with zoos and polyps. They should be good with lps,I have 3 puffers, the dogface type puffers will get into more corals, a porc would be good choice for some lps corals. my puff's all puff up once and a while , I have read they do it from time 2 time, just to see that they can still do it. Kinda like practice.:biggrin:
Diana
02-16-2007, 12:43 AM
ours in in FOWLR
Johnny Reefer
02-16-2007, 02:21 AM
That's cool, Sarah. The Puffanator :mrgreen:.

Cheers,