Is it possible to have porcupine puffer fish at home? Where can I read up on how to care for them and what they need if you want to have them at home?
2007-02-08 01:18:42 · 14 answers · asked by Georgie 5 in Pets ➔ Fish
I have one. You can keep more than one, however I wouldn't recomend it. They are very easy to keep and care for not to mentions adorable.
http://www.marineaquariumadvice.com/porcupine-puffer-fish-puffers.html
http://animal-world.com/encyclo/marine/puffers/porcupine.php
I have never had a porcupine puffer that wasn't sociable.
Word of caution, they will eat anything smaller than they are in the tank.
2007-02-08 02:11:08 · answer #1 · answered by danielle Z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ours has slightly cloudy eyes at school and the marine biology teacher said it wasn't a problem. This may not be your case but, every large porcupine puffer I've ever seen (7 inches or more) has had slightly cloudy eyes. If yours is pale (not just at night when fish naturally change color a bit) ask an expert at your local fish store! They will know whether it's ich or a parasite, or if it's nothing to worry about!
2016-05-24 06:25:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have a porupine puffer they are fine in a salt water tank mine lives with a russells lion fish and is doing very well you need a large tank and a large filter as they are dirty fish and you will need to check the water all the time for nitrate and nitrite as they poo alot . food wise mine eats cooked mussels, glass shrimps, brine shrimps and mussels in thier shells to keep teeth down, they look great when they puff up could send you photo.the latin name is diodon holocanthus or diodon hystrix put that in msn search engine and you can find out alot about them hope this helps
2007-02-10 06:55:38 · answer #3 · answered by catsfoot 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Puffer fish is solitary fish, so they have to live alone. You require at least a 140Gallon tank (5"x2"x2"), and has to be marine base.
Check out this site and search for puffer within:
www.reefcentral.com
2007-02-08 02:18:36 · answer #4 · answered by Peter I 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Puffer fishes found in petshops are either sea water or brackish water
you will have to make a speices aquarium to keep them in becuase normally theu are fin nippers.
they do not tollerate fresh water for a long period
2007-02-11 21:41:39 · answer #5 · answered by jazz0011 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Puffers can be poisonous to eat but are not harmful otherwise. I have occasionally seen small ones for sale at a large aquarium store near here. The first thing you would need is a pretty good size marine aquarium, which is a major project in itself if you are not already experienced in marine aquaria.
2007-02-08 01:29:37 · answer #6 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
if you put porcupine puffer fish in your web search it should come up with some info that's were i got mine from for my mbu puffer fish . we found a web site called www.aquarist classifieds. go to tropical fish . goodluck
2007-02-08 02:45:24 · answer #7 · answered by marge s 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes! You can have this fish at home. Click the link it will take you to a site that explains the basics.
2007-02-08 01:28:26 · answer #8 · answered by miss bean 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
yes u can have them there is one problem when these fish get scared they blow up and sometimes these fish cannot let out these airbubbles so you have to rub there stomach to help try to get it out you can feed these floating pellets these are saltwater fish and are pretty compatible to many others
2007-02-11 07:58:34 · answer #9 · answered by acstevey1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes you should be able to get 1 you can get loads of poisons fish
2007-02-08 06:00:23 · answer #10 · answered by i like music 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋