travancoricus vs imitator

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travancoricus vs imitator

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Are there any significant differences between the 2 dwarf puffer species?
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Just the blue metallic colors, I believe.
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Not much in it to be fair, the imitators always seem to get slightly larger from what I have seen
It's amazing how easy maintenance is. If done regularly and thoroughly
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bertie 83 wrote:Not much in it to be fair, the imitators always seem to get slightly larger from what I have seen
Interesting! Always wondered why I get one that grows to twice the size of the others!
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A local store had some rather large dps with the blue lines, dead giveaway.
It's amazing how easy maintenance is. If done regularly and thoroughly
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:( dp site is gone
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Re: travancoricus vs imitator

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Who needs it??? We have all you need right here!
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...

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It had pics of travancoricus compared to imitator
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Re: travancoricus vs imitator

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Lots of great pics to see in the Pufferpedia but you're right, there aren't 2 to compare next to each other.
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