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Inflating is a last resort, not a party trick; it costs the fish real energy and stress, so a startled Guinea Fowl would rather swim off than blow up if given the choice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCare level: Easy · Temperament: Semi-aggressive · Max size: ~20\" · Min tank: 125+ gal · Diet: Carnivore, shell-on foods for teeth + meaty foods\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YoCamron's Exotics","offers":[{"title":"Large (Kenya) \/ Quarantined","offer_id":50309804327149,"sku":"SPUFF3526","price":2100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Large (Kenya) \/ Non-Quarantined","offer_id":50337627832557,"sku":"SPUFF3526","price":1050.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0806\/1032\/8813\/files\/lg-73304-arothron-puffer.jpg?v=1786966572"},{"product_id":"caribbean-sharpnose-puffer-small-medium","title":"Caribbean Sharpnose Puffer (Canthigaster rostrata)","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt a max size of around four inches, the Caribbean Sharpnose is the runt of the puffer world we carry, but it makes up for size with a stare — like most puffers, its eyes move independently of each other, so it can track you and scan for food at the same time. That sharp, pointed snout is built for picking algae and tiny invertebrates out of tight reef crevices rather than crushing shells outright. Curious, personable, and one of the few puffers calm enough to consider for a reef-adjacent setup.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCare level: Moderate · Temperament: Semi-aggressive · Max size: ~4\" · Min tank: 30 gal · Diet: Carnivore, meaty foods + shell-on foods for teeth\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YoCamron's Exotics","offers":[{"title":"Small\/Medium \/ Quarantined \/ Wild-Caught","offer_id":50309804359917,"sku":"SPUFF7603","price":108.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Small\/Medium \/ Non-Quarantined \/ Wild-Caught","offer_id":50337627865325,"sku":"SPUFF7603","price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0806\/1032\/8813\/files\/Tambor_C3_ADn_nariz_C3_B3n__28Canthigaster_rostrata_29_2C_franja_marina_Teno-Rasca_2C_Tenerife_2C_Espa_C3_B1a_2C_2022-01-06_2C_DD_28.jpg?v=1785244753"},{"product_id":"spiny-box-puffer-medium-large","title":"Spiny Box Puffer","description":"\u003cp\u003eSpiny Box Puffers stack three separate defenses into one slow-moving fish: a coat of modified scales-turned-spines that lie flat until trouble shows up, an inflation reflex that gulps water to double or triple body size in seconds, and the same toxin most of this family carries in its skin and organs. Watching the spines snap upright mid-inflation is one of the more startling things you'll see in a home aquarium, and it's usually enough to end any predator's interest on the spot. Slow, curious, and about as food-motivated as fish get.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCare level: Easy · Temperament: Semi-aggressive · Max size: ~9\" · Min tank: 75 gal · Diet: Carnivore, shell-on foods for teeth + meaty foods\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YoCamron's Exotics","offers":[{"title":"Medium\/Large \/ Quarantined \/ Wild-Caught","offer_id":50309804392685,"sku":"SPUFF8015","price":270.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Large \/ Quarantined \/ Wild-Caught","offer_id":50315568251117,"sku":"SPUFF8016","price":375.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"XL \/ Quarantined \/ Wild-Caught","offer_id":50315568283885,"sku":"SPUFF8017","price":510.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Medium\/Large \/ Non-Quarantined \/ Wild-Caught","offer_id":50337627930861,"sku":"SPUFF8015","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Large \/ Non-Quarantined \/ Wild-Caught","offer_id":50337627963629,"sku":"SPUFF8016","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"XL \/ Non-Quarantined \/ Wild-Caught","offer_id":50337627996397,"sku":"SPUFF8017","price":255.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0806\/1032\/8813\/files\/lg_77091_Spiny_Box_Puffer.jpg?v=1786966813"},{"product_id":"starry-eye-leopard-puffer-medium","title":"Starry Eye Leopard Puffer","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Starry Eye Leopard Puffer wears its name on its face — a scatter of pale, star-shaped markings radiating out from the eye against a leopard-spotted body. Like the rest of the \u003cem\u003eArothron\u003c\/em\u003e genus, it relies on a stretchy, water-permeable stomach to balloon up when threatened rather than any real speed or armor, a defense that works precisely because almost nothing wants to eat something that can suddenly triple in size and is, incidentally, loaded with tetrodotoxin. Evolution rarely bothers being subtle twice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eOverview\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePuffers are the closest thing this hobby has to a dog. Not in the brochure sense — in the actual sense: they recognize the person who feeds them, they beg at the glass with genuine commitment, and they inspect anything new in the tank like an unpaid building inspector. That intelligence is the reason people fall for them, and it comes with the corresponding demand: a bored puffer in a bare tank is a stressed puffer. Give it rockwork to patrol and it will run the route several times a day, on schedule.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSetup considerations\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlan for the adult, not the golf ball in the bag. These grow steadily and produce serious waste for their size — a heavy protein diet does that — so oversized filtration is not a luxury, it is the difference between a puffer and a nitrate factory with eyes. Not reef safe in any interpretation: coral, shrimp, snails and small tankmates all read as either lunch or entertainment. Robust, similarly sized fish-only companions are fine. Semi-aggressive is the honest rating — it is less about temper and more about a mouth built like bolt cutters and an attitude of general curiosity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDiet — the part people get wrong\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePuffer teeth are fused beak plates that grow continuously, and in captivity the single most common health problem is overgrowth from a soft diet. Shell-on food is dental care: clams in the shell, mussels, whole shrimp with the armor on, snails. Feed it like the crustacean-crushing predator it is and the beak files itself; feed it like a goldfish and you will eventually be looking up how to trim puffer teeth with cuticle clippers, which is a real procedure and a worse afternoon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHow we sell it\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYoCamron Certified\u003c\/strong\u003e — quarantined, treated, observed, and confidently eating shell-on foods in our systems before it ships. Puffers are wild-caught, ship stressed, and hide disease well, which makes the certification window genuinely valuable here. \u003cstrong\u003eFresh Import\u003c\/strong\u003e — same animal, straight from import, for the keeper with a proper QT setup and shell-on food already thawing. 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Small, personable, and endlessly curious about anything happening outside the glass, it's one of the more manageable puffers for a modest fish-only setup. 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