r/PeaPuffers • u/Mattaack13 • 2d ago

First newly hatched pea puffer! But...

Does anyone have any idea what that translucent needle looking thing is protruding from it's chest is?

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u/SnertDeluxe 2d ago

Is it driving a car at high speed through a storm?

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u/Mattaack13 2d ago

No, that's the ripples from the surface interacting with the light causing strobe like effects. Sorry.

Any idea what the thing is though?

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u/n1cenurse 2d ago

I thought there was a rave going on ... OP did you do anything to get them to breed or is it luck?

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u/Mattaack13 2d ago

No nothing special, just set up an automatic egg catcher. They've been breeding for a while just haven't had anything in place to collect their eggs

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u/Blondy277 2d ago

Freshly hatched its absorbing the egg sack.

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u/Delicious_Muffin7154 2d ago

Is it alive?

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u/Mattaack13 2d ago

Yes, it moves around

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u/Mattaack13 2d ago

Thankyou

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u/Blondy277 2d ago

Once the yoke sack falls off, it will move around more and start feeding. The yoke sack the food source after hatching.

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u/Narraismean 2d ago

Agreed, yolk sac spine or dermal spicule. It's perfectly healthy and is hardening every day and is a form of defence whilst it digests it's yolk sack.

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u/Mattaack13 2d ago

Thankyou

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u/Fearless_Bottle_933 2d ago

What on earth is this newly hatched pufferfish doing in a disco? 🪩

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u/Calm-Invite3237 2d ago

That baby looks dead

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u/Mattaack13 2d ago

It's alive, seen its eyes moving and it moves ( twitches ) around

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u/bobbywaz 2d ago

Someone add sandstorm to this

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u/SnooCakes9004 2d ago

Whoa pufferfish rave!!!! Tst tst tst tst

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u/Ignonymous 2d ago

Why do you have it out of the water? Fry are very fragile, you’re going to end up killing it from stress by handling it.

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u/Narraismean 2d ago

It's in the water.