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by FoxPuffer88
Tue Sep 18, 2018 1:40 pm
Forum: Freshwater Puffers
Topic: I found another Duboisi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Replies: 59
Views: 3438

Re: I found another Duboisi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How do duboisi compare to schotdenti in terms of temperament and personality?
by FoxPuffer88
Tue Sep 18, 2018 1:37 pm
Forum: Freshwater Puffers
Topic: New irrubesco group - finally!
Replies: 5
Views: 650

Re: New irrubesco group - finally!

I just got a female irrubesco from my LFS, and they made it sound like their wholesaler's irrubescos were skewed males, too. Hopefully that means suppliers in Southeast Asia are holding back females in the hopes of getting captive breeding populations going?
by FoxPuffer88
Mon Sep 03, 2018 12:30 pm
Forum: Freshwater Puffers
Topic: I found another Duboisi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Replies: 59
Views: 3438

Re: I found another Duboisi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm really wondering about Duboisi becoming available; it seems like people were thinking they were gone in the wild as of recently (wikipedia still says they're extinct!) If they're only endemic to Stanley's Pool (which is basically a lake in the lower-middle of the Congo River), one would hope the...
by FoxPuffer88
Mon Sep 03, 2018 12:25 pm
Forum: Freshwater Puffers
Topic: interesting poster about the uncommon borneo red eye puffer....
Replies: 1
Views: 337

Re: interesting poster about the uncommon borneo red eye puffer....

This is very good news; hopefully they'll have some success. Curious to know if they are indeed "friendlier" than irrubesco--my knee-jerk guess is that they're probably pretty comparable, and both are probably just nicer than loreti overall. I
by FoxPuffer88
Mon Aug 13, 2018 12:56 pm
Forum: Freshwater Puffers
Topic: C. irrubescos starting to be available
Replies: 8
Views: 811

Re: C. irrubescos starting to be available

Good to hear that irrubescos are hopefully starting to be available. I know there was discussion on a puffer FB group about how exoticfishshop dot com had a small handful of them in stock, as well as at least one LFS in the UK. The scarcity of red-eyes ,especially irrubesco, has been frustrating for...