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Mark is 90% gone so he seems alright. Thanks for the space.

Good idea, I'll check out other forums for a pic of a sting. Anything else?

I just noticed today that my GSP has a yellow spot on his forehead, with a whitish outline. I took pics, but my camera stinks. Any idea what it may be? He also seemed to stay a little fuller than normal the last 2-3 days. Other than that, he seems normal. I have had him for about 18 months, slowly c...

Where would be the best place to keep a log, this forum?

Well, I found out through someone local who has a few of these that the spengleri and the marmoratus are the same fish, and that the name was just replaced. So, Guinean or Bandtail Puffer seem to be the appropriate names. Since there is no information on this puffer here, I am going to keep somewhat...

I'm actually not positive, but I believe it may be a Bandtail puffer and not the Guinean. Sphoeroides spengleri instead of Sphoeroides marmoratus. However on fishbase it says that the spengleri was replaced by the marmoratus in the eastern atlantic. What does that mean? I believe this is it: http://...

I'm going to have to get a better pic, as I'm not sure it is that EXACT one. It is definitely the same species though.

Awesome fish. I plan on getting a porcupine, spiny box, and stars and stripes when I can get a 180G. Good luck with them.

Pufferpunk wrote:Try looking in our PufferPedia.

That is where the link is to. I also checked out Wet Web Media but not much on them.

I just purchased this fish from an LFS for $3.99 and it is currently in a 20G QT tank. I was just looking for more info about it. It is currently about 1.5"-2". From what I understand, these were locally caught (Long Island). I did a search on here but got nothing. Anyone have one of these...