Afrikan Posted May 26, 2008 Report Share Posted May 26, 2008 Thought I would download some pics of my baby in this section, as I reckon he and his mates are unusual enough :lol: They are in a holding tank in the fish shed, till they come inside in a couple of months 8) Here is a pic of Puff Daddy and his crew... Puff Daddy Niger Trigger... Snoop Eric - Koran Angel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted May 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2008 Eric was already named :lol: PD and Snoop were named by us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted May 26, 2008 Report Share Posted May 26, 2008 Here is a pic of Puff Daddy and his crew... I think this has to be the mos common pufferfish name!! We had one called this and have seen it on other forums. How big is he? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted May 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2008 He would be about 20cm, only a baby. We just call him PD.. stands for Puff Daddy.. PD much easier and cuter abbrev name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted May 26, 2008 Report Share Posted May 26, 2008 i might have to do a midnight raid 8) nice fish afrikan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheesejawa Posted May 26, 2008 Report Share Posted May 26, 2008 Ooooohhh pretty fish :bounce: :bounce: For some reason I always asumed that stars and stipes puffers would be coloured like the american flag. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinytawnykitten Posted May 26, 2008 Report Share Posted May 26, 2008 What size tank would you need for a couple of puffers only? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted May 26, 2008 Report Share Posted May 26, 2008 depends on what type lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted May 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2008 Thanks guys.. livingart, you may want to make it a midnight raid... my dog is often outside during the day but tuckered out inside at night :lol: Just a tip :lol: 8) The stars and stripes gets to around 51cm in the wild but about half that in captivity... have seen bigger than 25cm in captivity tho, so guess all depends on the fish and feeding. They are wicked to keep, those nashers are deadly tho :lol: It all depends on what species of puffer you want to keep tinytawnykitten... and how big your tank is, you would need a pretty large tank to house two stars n stripes, they can be territorial and snappy over food 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gannet Posted May 26, 2008 Report Share Posted May 26, 2008 are they just a different colour morph of a dog face puffer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted May 26, 2008 Report Share Posted May 26, 2008 google will tell you the anwser to that gannet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinytawnykitten Posted May 26, 2008 Report Share Posted May 26, 2008 It all depends on what species of puffer you want to keep tinytawnykitten... and how big your tank is, you would need a pretty large tank to house two stars n stripes, they can be territorial and snappy over food 8) Ah so you can't get dwarf ones in NZ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted May 26, 2008 Report Share Posted May 26, 2008 You can get them here, But they dont come in very often Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted May 26, 2008 Report Share Posted May 26, 2008 wow i thought that was a fahaka puffer salt water i take it? that is a trigger isnt it with it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted May 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2008 Gannet - This is the species we have Arothron hispidus... tinytawnykitten - We used to have freshwater puffers, little Dwarf Indian Puffers, they were great They were definate freshwater species. Haven't seen them come into the country since 8) henward - Yes he is in saltwater, and yeap that is a young Niger Triggerfish with him, he's just awesome too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted May 26, 2008 Report Share Posted May 26, 2008 Beautiful!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted May 26, 2008 Report Share Posted May 26, 2008 livingart, you may want to make it a midnight raid... my dog is often outside during the day but tuckered out inside at night Just a tip if i was really coming i would bring our dogs with us no i would just bring aslan this is rolf, the dog face puffer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted May 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2008 Who is aslan? Excuse my ignorance... :lol: The only aslan I remember was the one off The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe Rolf is just gorgeous... how big is he? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted May 26, 2008 Report Share Posted May 26, 2008 Aslan is the son of Brock the Neo we used to have Aslan is gannets favourite dog 8) Rolf is short for rolf, rolf, rolf, the noise a dog would make barking under water hes around 5 inches Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted May 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2008 Ohhh so that was Brock that we saw when we visited your park years ago? I went through my old honeymoon photos and we have a pic of him and the animals at the park He was so beautiful. Bet Aslan is just as gorgeous. Love the puffers name :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted May 26, 2008 Report Share Posted May 26, 2008 Ohhh so that was Brock that we saw when we visited your park years ago? I went through my old honeymoon photos and we have a pic of him and the animals at the park He was so beautiful. Bet Aslan is just as gorgeous. Love the puffers name :lol: i know its off topic, could say its another dog faced puffer though but this is brocks grandson, Simba - Swahili for lion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted May 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2008 Oh he is well worth off topic He is just gorgeous... 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skaffen Posted May 26, 2008 Report Share Posted May 26, 2008 Wow, what an awesome fish! I saw one at the LFS recently and was amazed at how much character it had, one smart fish. To me, the gills look like mutant ears, giving it a weird floating head look - I mean that in the nicest possible way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted May 26, 2008 Report Share Posted May 26, 2008 i think the puffers, boxfish and triggers are all pretty amazing and full of character Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgeous Posted May 27, 2008 Report Share Posted May 27, 2008 Its a boy!! :oops: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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