Thread: My 1st Puffer!
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Old 01-23-2006, 12:56 AM
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There great fish for sure. I love em.

What kind of dogface puffer did you get? What are its colors?

Of course they are called puffers for a reason but did you know they to can actually puff? I got video of when mine did that.

Also I at one time had a bunch of tanks going and thought...Wonder what my dogface would do in my reef tank. Yup, I did the try see. Well... He LOVED IT! In less than 5 mins he had taken a piece outta every coral I owned. NoOoOOo! Yup, loved mushrooms, stonies, went after the shrimps. It was a party for him. I was racing like crazy with the net to get him out. He sure didn't wanta come out I tell ya cause I caught him in the net and PUFF! Yup, it puffed alright! Puffed so bad I couldn't get him outta the net, had to cut the net to get him free! After he puffed down, sampled some more of my corals, I got a big container to get him out this time... He puffed again! Yup, just so I wouldn't get him again. Smart guy! Anyway moral of the story.... Dogface puffer MUST NOT got into a reef tank under any conditions. *chuckle* LOL

Another great word of advice for any puffers. **DO NOT expose them to AIR! They can take in air that may not be able to be released later creating serious boyoncy problems, where you have to manually help them. Also...NO NETS PLEASE with puffers. I find because its not good to expose them to air, the nets are really harsh, perhaps scratching there eye OR if they puff will in the net you wont have to cut them out.

That's my words of advice for these guys. Hope it helps. These guys are definitely cool for sure.


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