I Can't See You Now

[andywg]

Silly porcupinefish is in the way

Aaah, that's better.

He's moved out of the way!

And now he has gone. Good riddance.

I still have my other friend with me. We can both see you now!

Sadly, getting good shots of the trigger is proving somewhat difficult. this is probably the best of a bad bunch at the moment:

It appears the porcupinefish is eyeing you up too:

And a nice shot of him swimming with a pot belly from eating all the prawns I was trying to get the eel to eat:

I must admit, I seem to recall someone claiming that puffers cannot swim well due to their smaller pectoral/pelvic fins. Now I know that this is not a puffer (that's right, it is not a puffer - puffers are Family Tetraodontidae; Porcupinefish are Family Diodontidae) but the video below shows him having a nice swim and "stretching his fins" so to speak.



The clever among you will have noticed that that is indeed the frog-fuge, and may even be wondering what has happened to all the frogfish. To answer I say this: The black Lophiocharon trisignatus (in my sig) has been moved to a 2 foot tank next to my bed. The two yellow Antennarius striatus have been moved to the tank the fish at the top of this post were in (namely, an 18 x 15 x 15 plumbed into the sump for the reef). See if you can guess from the photos below which side of the tank the reef is:

Yes, the frogfish were staring longingly through the glass at all the potential meals inside the reef. As a result I have had to block off that view to stop them dribbling.

 

[timpetty]

All beautiful fish andywg. Very jealous!

 

[Lynden]

Puffers, diodonts and and especially triggers are actually very strong swimmers in my opinion. The reliance on dorsal and anal fins for main propulsion gives them an ease for swimming backward and precise movement - perfect for an animal constantly picking on rockwork. Triggers can also use their tails to give a quick boost for territorial defense, and many of the planktonivorous triggers can easily keep pace with a tang or wrasse. The reason for saying that all tetraodonts are poor swimmers is beyond me.

Anyways, very nice fish. Where are these ones destined?

 

[Chuka1212]

Awesome! You have some amazing specimens! Thanks for the pictures. Do you special order your fish andy? Or do you have a shop that stocks these rarities?

 

[TylerFerretLord]

I found the frogs staring at the reef hilarious.

Anyway, I love the porcupinefish.

 

[andywg]

Anyways, very nice fish. Where are these ones destined?

All depends. We are considering some internal rearranging that would involve pulling out a wall which would give me the space to set up another tank the size of our reef (60x24x18h) or just use the spare 72x18x18 that I have. For now they are very happy in the 5 foot fuge.

Awesome! You have some amazing specimens! Thanks for the pictures. Do you special order your fish andy? Or do you have a shop that stocks these rarities?

The three most recent fish I picked up from Mark7617 when he shut down his SW tank. My other fish I tend to order in from the lfs. He goes to TMC and picks the best examples from there for me.

 

[RadaR]

Crickey! That porcupinefish is quick.
Lovely fish as always Andy.

 

[chrissaysyes]

*Generic compliment*

Seriously, beautiful fish!

 

[andywg]

Since you are all so nice, have some more pics:

And finally a good picture of the trigger:

 

[n3ont3tra]

Nice photos.

 

[cheesy feet]

Since you are all so nice, have some more pics:







And finally a good picture of the trigger:

Wow, fish are looking great That porcupine fish can swim fast, even creates waves
...I've always liked triggerfish, wonderful, how big do they get? Or is it adult already?

 

[andywg]

Wow, fish are looking great That porcupine fish can swim fast, even creates waves
...I've always liked triggerfish, wonderful, how big do they get? Or is it adult already?

The trigger is still a baby at about 7 cm TL. It should get to about 20cm or so, with fishbase listing the max wild size as 30cm

 

[Tommy Gun]

Hey Andy! How's it going? Great pics and great taste in fish!

I was wondering if you had noticed that your Porcupine puffer tends to hang out in an area of low water flow more often than not? I agree, these fish can swim well enough but I am thinking that they may not have the endurance of other fish...usually darting around for a while, then resting where as another fish can swim around all day (for the most part)? What do you think?

 

[Nina]

I was wondering if you had noticed that your Porcupine puffer tends to hang out in an area of low water flow more often than not? I agree, these fish can swim well enough but I am thinking that they may not have the endurance of other fish...usually darting around for a while, then resting where as another fish can swim around all day (for the most part)? What do you think?

He does have a mad half hour and then goes and sits in the corner but like a puppy does, as soon as he sees you again he is showing off swimming up and down the tank.