Saying good bye to burrfish

[Paul B]

I feel bad but I have to say good bye to this little guy. I am donating him monday to a public aquarium on Eastern Long Island, Atlantis Marine World.
I collected him over two years ago and he is a great fish. Unfortunately, he has grown to almost 5" from this picture when he was the size of a marble.
He is in a 12 or 15 gallon tank and I want to take down that tank for now.
The Aquarium has a large puffer display and he may go in there. I am sure he will be happier in a multi thousand gallon tank than where he is.
Their northern range is Chesepeke Bay and he must have drifted up on the Gulf Stream.

 

[bigdog1428]

Nice lookin fish ,, now everybody will get to enjoy a beautiful fish ,,,


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[E.intheC]

that's a neat fish. I always liked burrfish.

 

[shark32]

That stinks that you have to get rid of the fish. He is so cute!!! But I will definately look for him at Atlantis Marine World this summer!!!!

 

[SSV3NOM]

Very sad to see this Burrfish go...

Last time I was at Atlantis (this past summer of '10).. I don't remember seeing a puffer only tank however..

 

[Paul B]

He will be happier there. This is him now.

 

[loneracer05]

Man I would have loved to take him but atleast I can go see him

 

[guarda]

cute little fish!

 

[Paul B]

They said they would put him in their puffer tank but if he gets picked on they wil give him to another aquarium.

 

[nikkibabee]

He is so cute :hug:

 

[cowfish]

Joe has plenty of fish. I've got a 180g tank with that Burrfish's name on it!

 

[Paul B]

I was hoping for a little over a thousand gallon tank, he laughs at 180 gallon tanks :tongue1:
Maybe I will catch another one this year.
I have a much longer net now

 

[Paul B]

He is gone. I brought him to the aquarium this morning. They don't know if they will display it or give it to another aquarium. They are afraid that burrfish are very prone to ich.
They are, but not from my tank. I have had him for over 2 years and my fish do not get ich. Well not in 30 years or so, Besides he has never been in a tank with other fish since I got him in the Atlantic.
All fish will get ich if they are not in perfect shape.
I took down that 15 gallon tank and transfered al the life to a 2 gallon tank. It is just about 25 local mud snails and some local grass shrimp. I just keep that tank for small interesting stuff I collect. The tank the burrfish was in was 63 degrees today but it is about 11 degrees outside. They are not totally tropical and don't mind a little cooler water. If it did not bother him in over 2 years I doubt it will bother him now. In the aquarium thay have him in a nice warm tropical tank. He will probably get ich from their fish and croak. Well at least I can say I tried.:shhh:
All the stuff in that tank was transfered here.

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