]V[onster Puffers!!!
- Thread starter WyldFya
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Here's my faithful little puppy... er... fahaka puffer named Beaker. I got him back in February at a scrawny ~2" or so and he's a healthy ~5" right now. He's living the good life in my 135G with my albino bristlenose who does a good job of cleaning up after him (the pleco definitely holds his own for now, but later he'll have to find a new home if Beaker changes his mind about playing nice with him). Evidently he's a little camera shy though because this is the best shot I could get of him today. Trust me - it's the only time he's EVER been shy in his life.
I've had him on krill/bloodworms/plankton/snails/earthworms/ghost shrimp so far, but this last week I decided to give him a treat. We had some fiddler crabs dropped off at our store so, since we don't sell them normally, I took them home to see what Beaker would do with them. What great instincts! He went right for that big ole claw and put it out of commission before taking down each and every last one of 'em in pretty quick fashion. Granted, he looked like a stuffed pig for a couple days because I didn't expect him to eat them all at once, but he loved 'em! I'll have to add red clawed crabs (easier to find around here) to his diet now since he loved those fiddlers so much. Hopefully he doesn't get so spoiled with live foods that he won't eat his frozen stuff!
Aren't these guys great?
I've had him on krill/bloodworms/plankton/snails/earthworms/ghost shrimp so far, but this last week I decided to give him a treat. We had some fiddler crabs dropped off at our store so, since we don't sell them normally, I took them home to see what Beaker would do with them. What great instincts! He went right for that big ole claw and put it out of commission before taking down each and every last one of 'em in pretty quick fashion. Granted, he looked like a stuffed pig for a couple days because I didn't expect him to eat them all at once, but he loved 'em! I'll have to add red clawed crabs (easier to find around here) to his diet now since he loved those fiddlers so much. Hopefully he doesn't get so spoiled with live foods that he won't eat his frozen stuff!
Aren't these guys great?
If it's not, then Beaker spends a lot of time being uncommon. 
Here's a pic of him I just snapped (how he spends most of his days when he's not at the front of the tank begging):
Here's a pic of him I just snapped (how he spends most of his days when he's not at the front of the tank begging):
here's a link to a video of FATSO my puffer...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFb6rNyUTVA
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFb6rNyUTVA
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