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by Corvus
Mon Jul 17, 2023 11:10 am
Forum: Hospital
Topic: Swollen Eye - Help with Treatment
Replies: 2
Views: 638

Re: Swollen Eye - Help with Treatment

Probably popeye disease (exophthalmia). "When only one eye is affected, especially if this is only seen in one fish in the tank, the most likely cause of the problem is some type of physical injury." If it's infection related it's mostly both eyes. Should heal on its own. Keep the water cl...
by Corvus
Fri Apr 15, 2022 2:47 am
Forum: Freshwater Puffers
Topic: Help ID a freshwater puffer at the Shedd Aquarium - Chonerhinos naritus?
Replies: 3
Views: 584

Re: Help ID a freshwater puffer at the Shedd Aquarium - Chonerhinos naritus?

As you already noted Chonerhinos naritus always has much more fin rays than any Auriglobus. The puffer in question was more likely Auriglobus modestus (maybe some other Auriglobus, cannot tell for sure with the pics).
by Corvus
Wed Jul 07, 2021 1:34 am
Forum: Marine Puffers
Topic: Tragulichthys jaculiferus Information
Replies: 2
Views: 964

Re: Tragulichthys jaculiferus Information

Am not aware that they have occured in the pet fish trade. I've seen them offered, but those were other species with a wrong identification. That said, I don't think there is that much of a difference between the different species of diodontids available in trade with regard to behaviour.
by Corvus
Sat Jul 11, 2020 1:30 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Scientific Papers
Replies: 2
Views: 594

Re: Scientific Papers

Sent you an email.
by Corvus
Sun Jul 05, 2020 3:42 am
Forum: Freshwater Puffers
Topic: Photo ID
Replies: 4
Views: 947

Re: Photo ID

I'd say it's a young P. leiurus, a species which is known to sometimes have more than one ocellated spot. Could also be a P. cochinchinensis with quite aberrant coloration.
by Corvus
Sat Feb 01, 2020 11:22 am
Forum: Brackish Tanks
Topic: Puffer id
Replies: 12
Views: 3380

Re: Puffer id

Agree with Spotfin. Very likely a young fluviatilis. No GSP or F8 IMO. Nice find. I saw them often in the past, but not so often in the last 10 years.
by Corvus
Fri Oct 18, 2019 1:33 am
Forum: Freshwater Puffers
Topic: what type of puffers are these, please help
Replies: 11
Views: 1674

Re: what type of puffers are these, please help

Here's one of the old threads. There are more on the forum.

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=15928&p=163001&hili ... ta#p163001

and pics of older ones:

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by Corvus
Fri Oct 18, 2019 1:29 am
Forum: Freshwater Puffers
Topic: what type of puffers are these, please help
Replies: 11
Views: 1674

Re: what type of puffers are these, please help

As SAPpyPuffer noted it seems to be one of the striped Marilyna species, most likely Marilyna pleurostica. We had this species several times on this forum in the past. Try a search for pleurosticta and its possible cousin species Marilyna darwinii.
by Corvus
Fri Oct 18, 2019 1:18 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What kind of puffer is this?
Replies: 28
Views: 2965

Re: What kind of puffer is this?

It's not a Takifugu ocellatus. It's a Takifugu obscurus IMO.
by Corvus
Fri Oct 11, 2019 11:08 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What kind of puffer is this?
Replies: 28
Views: 2965

Re: What kind of puffer is this?

No. If I remember correct it was T. obscurus, where it was determined that puffers and humans have the same genes responsible for teeth.
by Corvus
Fri Oct 11, 2019 1:31 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What kind of puffer is this?
Replies: 28
Views: 2965

Re: What kind of puffer is this?

If current research suggests lower mortality for 77F in juveniles, I'd personally start at 74-75F and go lower with growth. For salinity I'd stark with brackish and raise the salinity to marine with growth.
by Corvus
Wed Oct 09, 2019 7:36 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What kind of puffer is this?
Replies: 28
Views: 2965

Re: What kind of puffer is this?

As far as I know, they are kept and bred in comparably cool water in China.
by Corvus
Wed Oct 09, 2019 2:11 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What kind of puffer is this?
Replies: 28
Views: 2965

Re: What kind of puffer is this?

I'd also ID him as Takifugu obscurus, one of the medium sized to larger Takifugu reaching 20-40 cm. They are even bred in China and eaten as "Mefugu" in Japan, sometimes specimens occur in the aquarium trade. I have never kept them personally, but I bet he has teeth! You'll find a few thre...
by Corvus
Sun Nov 25, 2018 5:49 am
Forum: Freshwater Puffers
Topic: is this a genuine tetradon pustulatus/cross river puffer
Replies: 13
Views: 2047

Re: is this a genuine tetradon pustulatus/cross river puffer

Looks good. Think this probably is one. Also try a forum search for this species. Lots of discussion in the past.
by Corvus
Mon Aug 27, 2018 2:29 am
Forum: Freshwater Puffers
Topic: Stunning Pao (Monotrete) abei / turgidus shipment (2x)
Replies: 18
Views: 3084

Re: Stunning Pao (Monotrete) abei shipment (2x)

Actually I might have to update my statement above. With the new pictures, your puffers fit the desription (diagnosis) of P. cochinchinensis quite well: "adults with ocellus, sometimes red, but most commonly made of a large black blotch surrounded by a paler area and a series of more or less co...