The Puffer Forum

How very interesting! Someone said to me last week that they saw a spotty puffer for sale in the marine section and I didn't believe them! I wonder which supplier they are coming from... perhaps an enterprising fisherman :lol: I don't have anyone that I'd part with, the little puffballs are too easy...

I've caught larger ones a fair way up rivers, but I'm not sure why they decided to go up that far or if they stay long term. Are they your guys, wishbone? Do they get along OK? I know they were selling the NT species as FW a while back, but I've never seen the other one for sale. Did you catch it or...

Wow! thanks for all the replies! I'll start at the top :) They are from Bilgola Beach, about an hour north from Sydney city. It is a bit variable in salinity and temperature in that rockpool area, but generally could be called temperate marine. These guys were in a sandy tide pool area just to the r...

Hi there :) I'm new here and to puffers. Puffers are a bit hard to find over here and I'm not a big fan of your traditional tropical marine setups and inhabitants so I've been attempting to construct a rockpool-style setup with locally collected (carefully and with a licence) species. I went out loo...