more on puffer

I posted last week that my porcupine puffer had gone off food and Igot no
response on how to entice him to eat. I talked to a respected LFS owner
yesterday (20+ years with salt water). He said that a tank raised porcupine
will reach 6 - 8" and then quit eating and ultimately die. He said there
seems to be something lacking as they grow up in the tank. He said the
valutian lion aslo has this same problem. He went on to say that if you get
a porcupine or lion that is 6-8" when it is wild caught it will continue to
grow and thrive in captivity. He said he has seen this happen several times.
Dave Young