Help finding a Puffer / Blowfish lamp - Collecting Tiki

K Kono Member Orlando Joined: Oct 08, 2003 Posts: 1266	K Kono Posted posted on Mon, Apr 4, 2005 6:09 PM All my babble would make more sense with a pic. This is a 10" porcupine puffer next to a 15" dragon puffer. The measurement is from nose to tail. You can see that the porcupine is mostly body with just a little bit of tail while the dragon has the much longer tail. Plus all the spines on the porcupine (which will get longer with a bigger fish) make the lamp even larger overall and more spherical. The porcupine above is 10" nose to tail and his height, spine tip to spine tip is about 7". The dragon is 15" nose to tail but the height at the highest point is 4.5". So I guess what I'm trying to say is if you get a large porcupine puffer it's going to be a REALLY big lamp. I guess a 20+" or even 30+" dragon puffer would still be less intimidating (given the ratio of my fish, a 30" dragon puffer would be about 9" tall whereas a 30" porcupine would be about 21" tall and a lawsuit waiting to happen, unless you have a VERY tall ceiling). Ahh, you get the idea. Any more time on this subject and I'll be dreaming about rogue fugu puffer zombies in my sleep. :wink:

All my babble would make more sense with a pic.

This is a 10" porcupine puffer next to a 15" dragon puffer.

The measurement is from nose to tail. You can see that the porcupine is mostly body with just a little bit of tail while the dragon has the much longer tail. Plus all the spines on the porcupine (which will get longer with a bigger fish) make the lamp even larger overall and more spherical.

The porcupine above is 10" nose to tail and his height, spine tip to spine tip is about 7". The dragon is 15" nose to tail but the height at the highest point is 4.5".

So I guess what I'm trying to say is if you get a large porcupine puffer it's going to be a REALLY big lamp. I guess a 20+" or even 30+" dragon puffer would still be less intimidating (given the ratio of my fish, a 30" dragon puffer would be about 9" tall whereas a 30" porcupine would be about 21" tall and a lawsuit waiting to happen, unless you have a VERY tall ceiling). Ahh, you get the idea. Any more time on this subject and I'll be dreaming about rogue fugu puffer zombies in my sleep. :wink:

Post #151096 by Kono on Mon, Apr 4, 2005 6:09 PM