Another reason to spay/neuter people

[Jeox]

Thanks everyone. When I got in this morning it was still alive. Did a water change on the container as it was small. After work went to the local beach. Found a quiet spot where the water came up past the trees. Put him in the water and he sank to the bottom. Watched him for a minute and then reached in and touched him so he wouldn't just sit there within easy reach. He jerked, and then seemed to realize that he had unlimited space and was last seen swimming as fast as possible towards deeper water. And best part is, this bit of stupidity on someones part only cost me about $10 in supplies and a couple hours time. I count it as a win.

Hopefully it was really a wild puffer she had.
But anyway, good job.

 

[dragonfish]

Hopefully it was really a wild puffer she had.
But anyway, good job.

I checked, it was.

 

[HPIZZLE]

I checked, it was.

how the hell do you check if its wild?

merry christmas dragonfish.

 

[Lupin]

And who the hell eats a puffer anyways.

You'll be surprised most people in Asia love to eat puffers as long as they are cleaned thoroughly for toxins. Many people have died from consuming these fish because the toxins were not removed completely. I'm so glad I don't eat seafoods much.

 

[bfhslilred93]

look at it as a christmas gift. now it will be a miracle if it lives

 

[dragonfish]

how the hell do you check if its wild?

merry christmas dragonfish.

OK, it's a puffer that can be found in these waters but I don't know for sure that it was wild, it actually seemed pretty laid back to me.

Merry Christmas HPIZZLE

 

[dragonfish]

look at it as a christmas gift. now it will be a miracle if it lives

I thought briefly of keeping it but not having a running saltwater tank already would have been cruel to the fish. Since this is the season of miracles I choose to believe that he cruised back out to deeper waters, reunited with relatives and is now planning a wonderful Christmas dinner with family.

 

[balton777]

That was a very nice thing to do Dragonfish. Only thing is you probably let an aquarium raised puffer go in the wild.

I checked, it was.

How? Did you ask it? LoL just kidding man.

Just messing with you. Have a Merry Christmas!!

 

[dragonfish]

That was a very nice thing to do Dragonfish. Only thing is you probably let an aquarium raised puffer go in the wild.

That thought crossed my mind but the only local store that does saltwater said it was a local and not something usually kept. They weren't interested in it and recommended putting back in the bay. Keeping it any longer in the conditions that i had to work with would have been cruel so I had to do what I thought best.

Thanks and Merry Christmas back at you. If it makes you feel better the puffer was swimming in your direction. Give it a couple of days and you should be able to pick it up.

 

[krzr3000]

Nice save.


I don't know why dudes are asking how you checked if it was wild? All it takes is a proper ID then using this interwebspaces you can check if its local.