My tiny porcupine puffer! :)

Hadla · 04/14/2017, 12:50 PM

Puffers have been my favorite fish for ten years now and I just recently finally got a porky! He's only like 2 inches big in a 30g all by himself. Within a few months, I'm getting something over 100 gallons to put him along with my gsp and Ceylon puffs into. He's actually smaller than both of them so I want him to be around the same size. I converted the Ceylon(Kirby) from fresh to salt last year and my gsp(olive) has always been in salt since I had her. They're all in separate tanks and I've been getting nervous about introducing olive and Kirby to the same tank for a year now. :/ anyway, I found this forum from being mostly active in the mantis shrimp one and I'm glad I found this! I'm not much into corals after all the money I've wasted on them. I do like mushrooms though

here's a short video of the porky finally eating! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gBuLddPGSig

Dromon · 04/14/2017, 09:53 PM

Look at him go!

Sweeper13 · 04/15/2017, 04:09 AM

Nice..I would get some raw uncooked shrimp and give him lil pieces. My guy goes crazy over them.

Cliving1 · 04/15/2017, 06:13 AM

Nice that little guy is cool.

Hadla · 04/16/2017, 03:19 AM

Thanks, all I could get him to eat yet was the live brine, I have shrimp and scallops from the grocery store in the freezer.

cougareyes · 04/16/2017, 09:45 AM

So cool, yeah puffers are some of those that need live food to get settled in. You may want to give him some gut loaded ghost shrimp for a more nutritious addition.

Pericyte · 04/16/2017, 06:55 PM

Haha, awesome little fish.

Rallos · 04/17/2017, 08:19 AM

Awesome guy! Maybe I was just lucky but mine has been eating frozen krill and mysis from the day that I took him home. They have so much personality. My favorite fish by far!

Hadla · 04/19/2017, 08:12 AM

Thanks for the suggestions! Haven't tried ghost shrimp yet but if I get desperate, I wil. Off topic question: how do I get pictures to post right side up on this site?

Rallos · 04/19/2017, 11:13 PM

Have you tried frozen krill? Mine goes absolutely bonkers for it. If you spear it with a clear piece of air line and make it wiggle in the tank it might entice him to eat.

Hadla · 04/20/2017, 05:14 AM

I got her to eat black worms so I don't think I'm going to have any issues!

just happy to see her acting like a normal puffer lol

Hadla · 04/20/2017, 05:19 AM

https://youtu.be/4eG8ja7ceK8

Rallos · 04/20/2017, 07:42 AM

Awesome! Glad shes eating

I like feeding mine a live fiddler crab occasionally as a treat. Can hear the shell cracking from a few feet away.

Hadla · 04/20/2017, 10:32 AM

Knowing mine, she'd freak out and get as far away as possible! Anything bigger than her mouth is ignored :/

Rilelen · 04/20/2017, 07:46 PM

What a little cutie!

Hadla · 04/20/2017, 08:50 PM

This must be baby porky season, one lfs has 4 of them!

04/14/2017, 12:50 PM	#1
Hadla Mantis Whisperer Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 574	My tiny porcupine puffer! :) Puffers have been my favorite fish for ten years now and I just recently finally got a porky! He's only like 2 inches big in a 30g all by himself. Within a few months, I'm getting something over 100 gallons to put him along with my gsp and Ceylon puffs into. He's actually smaller than both of them so I want him to be around the same size. I converted the Ceylon(Kirby) from fresh to salt last year and my gsp(olive) has always been in salt since I had her. They're all in separate tanks and I've been getting nervous about introducing olive and Kirby to the same tank for a year now. :/ anyway, I found this forum from being mostly active in the mantis shrimp one and I'm glad I found this! I'm not much into corals after all the money I've wasted on them. I do like mushrooms though here's a short video of the porky finally eating! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gBuLddPGSig __________________ Aquarium count: 7 salt: 2x10g, 29 biocube, 30g, 55g, 75g, 225g, and one fresh 20g planted tank! Puffer, octopus, and mantis shrimp fanatic!

04/16/2017, 03:19 AM	#5
Hadla Mantis Whisperer Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 574	Thanks, all I could get him to eat yet was the live brine, I have shrimp and scallops from the grocery store in the freezer. __________________ Aquarium count: 7 salt: 2x10g, 29 biocube, 30g, 55g, 75g, 225g, and one fresh 20g planted tank! Puffer, octopus, and mantis shrimp fanatic!

04/16/2017, 09:45 AM	#6
cougareyes Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Posts: 713	So cool, yeah puffers are some of those that need live food to get settled in. You may want to give him some gut loaded ghost shrimp for a more nutritious addition. __________________ 30g wartskin angler with living color corals::: 125g juvi tank with blueline, clown, niger triggers; passer angel, and jeweled moray eel Current Tank Info: 210g fowlr: yellow belly dogface puffer, harlequin tusk, pinktail and pair of bluejaw triggers, majestic angel, orange shoulder and scopus tangs. one spot fox: 90g lps reef with an antennata , zebra and fuzzy dwarf, fu manchu lions, yellow mimic tang

04/19/2017, 08:12 AM	#9
Hadla Mantis Whisperer Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 574	Thanks for the suggestions! Haven't tried ghost shrimp yet but if I get desperate, I wil. Off topic question: how do I get pictures to post right side up on this site? __________________ Aquarium count: 7 salt: 2x10g, 29 biocube, 30g, 55g, 75g, 225g, and one fresh 20g planted tank! Puffer, octopus, and mantis shrimp fanatic!

04/20/2017, 05:14 AM	#11
Hadla Mantis Whisperer Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 574	I got her to eat black worms so I don't think I'm going to have any issues! just happy to see her acting like a normal puffer lol __________________ Aquarium count: 7 salt: 2x10g, 29 biocube, 30g, 55g, 75g, 225g, and one fresh 20g planted tank! Puffer, octopus, and mantis shrimp fanatic!

04/14/2017, 09:53 PM	#2
Dromon Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2016 Posts: 75	Look at him go!

04/15/2017, 04:09 AM	#3
Sweeper13 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Northlake Posts: 189	Nice..I would get some raw uncooked shrimp and give him lil pieces. My guy goes crazy over them.

04/15/2017, 06:13 AM	#4
Cliving1 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Posts: 1,923	Nice that little guy is cool.

04/16/2017, 06:55 PM	#7
Pericyte Registered Member Join Date: May 2016 Location: Tampa Posts: 221	Haha, awesome little fish.

04/17/2017, 08:19 AM	#8
Rallos Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2015 Posts: 86	Awesome guy! Maybe I was just lucky but mine has been eating frozen krill and mysis from the day that I took him home. They have so much personality. My favorite fish by far!

04/19/2017, 11:13 PM	#10
Rallos Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2015 Posts: 86	Have you tried frozen krill? Mine goes absolutely bonkers for it. If you spear it with a clear piece of air line and make it wiggle in the tank it might entice him to eat.

04/20/2017, 05:19 AM	#12
Hadla Mantis Whisperer Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 574	https://youtu.be/4eG8ja7ceK8 __________________ Aquarium count: 7 salt: 2x10g, 29 biocube, 30g, 55g, 75g, 225g, and one fresh 20g planted tank! Puffer, octopus, and mantis shrimp fanatic!

04/20/2017, 07:42 AM	#13
Rallos Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2015 Posts: 86	Awesome! Glad shes eating I like feeding mine a live fiddler crab occasionally as a treat. Can hear the shell cracking from a few feet away.

04/20/2017, 10:32 AM	#14
Hadla Mantis Whisperer Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 574	Knowing mine, she'd freak out and get as far away as possible! Anything bigger than her mouth is ignored :/ __________________ Aquarium count: 7 salt: 2x10g, 29 biocube, 30g, 55g, 75g, 225g, and one fresh 20g planted tank! Puffer, octopus, and mantis shrimp fanatic!

04/20/2017, 07:46 PM	#15
Rilelen Registered Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: Virginia Posts: 245	What a little cutie! __________________ 72g: Percula pair, Foxface, Kole tang, Midas Blenny, Blue/green chromis, Yellow & green clown goby pairs Office Nano Tank System (29 Gallon + 20 Gallon): Saltwater mollies + fry

04/20/2017, 08:50 PM	#16
Hadla Mantis Whisperer Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 574	This must be baby porky season, one lfs has 4 of them! __________________ Aquarium count: 7 salt: 2x10g, 29 biocube, 30g, 55g, 75g, 225g, and one fresh 20g planted tank! Puffer, octopus, and mantis shrimp fanatic!