Help!! What is growing on my puffer?!

[eatbreakfast]

It's pretty common.

 

[Land Shark]

 

[Kevinkretch]

Yes, I do believe so. It looks common to longspined porcupine puffers. Have thy appeared recently?

I purchased him like this a week ago. The shop keeper said it was normal but a friend of mine says it’s definitely a fungal growth

 

[eatbreakfast]

I purchased him like this a week ago. The shop keeper said it was normal but a friend of mine says it’s definitely a fungal growth

Fungal growths are not symetrical.

 

[cracker]

interesting, what are they?

 

[eatbreakfast]

They can stretch different parts and spines don't settle back as before all the time. The spines also continue to grow.