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    For folks who thinks that puffers are "cute"

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    Disable the main claw. Remove the tail so cannot escape using tail flip to jump away (the crayfish actually tried flipping after the tail got bitten off, too late). Then take off the eyes and head.



    Some LFS will also tell us that certain fishes have small mouth and cannot swallow shrimps. Well, fishes don't need to swallow a shrimp to eat it. Can always eat part by part.

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    Re: For folks who thinks that puffers are "cute"

    i never belived small mouth cannot eat big animals.

    nice video, but freddy is fw or marine puffer?
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    Re: For folks who thinks that puffers are "cute"

    Its a fahaka puffer, freshwater puffer. One of the largest freshwater puffers I think, with the exception of the mbu puffer.

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    Re: For folks who thinks that puffers are "cute"

    Wow....puffer's attacks were deadly....

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    Re: For folks who thinks that puffers are "cute"

    I've always wondered how these larger puffers digest the hard shells of crustaceans... and with their powerful bite, imagine if you do tank maintenance and they mistake your fingers for crab legs.
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    Re: For folks who thinks that puffers are "cute"

    That's why marine puffers are definitely not suitable for the reef tank... You mean there are people who try to keep freshwater puffers with shrimps?


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    Re: For folks who thinks that puffers are "cute"

    Quote Originally Posted by Pseudogobiopsis View Post
    That's why marine puffers are definitely not suitable for the reef tank... You mean there are people who try to keep freshwater puffers with shrimps?


    Small is good.
    yes to some extent.

    puffers love snails, so become anti snail livestock. then after snails is other fauna tail and shrimps.
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    Re: For folks who thinks that puffers are "cute"

    Nice, super nice. I like.


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    Re: For folks who thinks that puffers are "cute"

    I used to keep a hairy puffer (tetraodon baileyi), not the largest puffer but very aggressive to anything. Definitely has to be kept alone. It used to bite the satay stick I used to spear food to feed it and drew blood once when it bit my finger.

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    Re: For folks who thinks that puffers are "cute"

    Lobster dinner!

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    Re: For folks who thinks that puffers are "cute"

    Quote Originally Posted by cheetf View Post
    Lobster dinner!
    put in shrimp tank = international buffet
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    Re: For folks who thinks that puffers are "cute"

    If I ever visit cheetf, I'll quietly drop a few into his tanks

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    Re: For folks who thinks that puffers are "cute"

    http://youtu.be/Aymf7RAO47g

    It is in fact pretty cute...


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    Re: For folks who thinks that puffers are "cute"

    Quote Originally Posted by Navanod View Post
    If I ever visit cheetf, I'll quietly drop a few into his tanks
    I have a bottle of pesticide for my plant farm, i can spare you a few drops. It is a quicker death
    Please record a video of him chasing you and post youtube.
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    Re: For folks who thinks that puffers are "cute"

    Hahaha! Then I'll switch to keeping puffers and plants since got free sources of fish and pesticides! Make sure you guys don't be stingy okay?

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    Re: For folks who thinks that puffers are "cute"

    Wow..it looks Aggressive...
    Seems like it got teeth to smash those shells....

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    Re: For folks who thinks that puffers are "cute"

    The beak didnt look as strong as what it can do!
    I keep sulawesi shrimps, tetras, birds, exotic pets, herptiles and monster fishes.

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    Re: For folks who thinks that puffers are "cute"

    Only the midget dwarf puffers are cute, and their relatives the marine boxfishes, family Ostraciidae. I saw several young boxfishes at Marine Life Hobbielist over at GC's old location. Really cute fellas.
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    Re: For folks who thinks that puffers are "cute"

    wow! that's brutal ahha lucky i keep dwarf puffers! cute fellas!

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    Re: For folks who thinks that puffers are "cute"

    That is cute
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