The Puffer Forum

hi, yes the first one ist a a. stellatus. they look very different as juveniles. their colour usually changes from yellow, over red to the grey-white that the adults have. because of that you will often find them under different names in the elder literature: former scientists also thaugth that this...

hi,
agree with corvus! very hard to see on this pictures but looks like a cochinchinensis to me. no abei for sure!
martin

hi,
i could not close the window that pops up when clicking on this link without shutting down my computer. virus? trojan?
this link should be removed and if this was my forum i would also delete the user who has set link here!
martin

hi, Martin, thank you very much, I'll go edit the Pufferpedia entry to show we don't know for sure but very alkaline freshwater or very low salinty brackish seem to have the best results. sorry i did not recognize this post earlier! i do not think that you should edit your pedia this way! there is s...

hi,
mine do eat every freshwater and saltwater frozen food of small size.
martin

hi,
i agree: not more than-low-end brackish!
martin

hi at all, Hmm, I just searched the forums, and I don't see anyone keeping them in higher salinities, everyone seems to report bad results with freshwater, much better with "just a little" salt.. I'm not seeing anything on high salinites other than the Pufferpedia (and I'm not sure where t...

hi,
no saltwater plaese!
even brackish water seems to harm them. the best until now was freshwater with just a little salt in it. please read the other threads here!
martin

hi,

Thebishmeister wrote:Martin I will find out for you next time I go to the shop.

thanks a lot. i`ve been waiting for a long time to see this species!
martin

hi,
this is the correct spelling: "tetraodon erythrotaenia".
martin

hi, Hi guys, Ive identified it to be a Takifugu niphobles. I bought it for £25. My LFS sold it to me as tropical fish witha touch of salt!! this species is very rarely sold in germany. could you please ask your fishdealer, where he got it from (at least the country)so that i can aks my lfs to import...

hi, i agree with corvus: this is the species dekkers would have called "tetraodon fluviatilis sabahensis" ;) could also be a kretamensis. one would have to see the nasal organs to differentiate. as i have said before the pictures shown here in the pufferpedia do not look like the sabahensi...

hi, BUt yeah be interesting to see if there are any freshwater puffers native to Australia? is there any? no, there are no freshwater puffers living in australia. only lots of the most interesting seewater-species. some of them. like the one here, do enter brackish and sometimes even freshwater. mar...

hi, marilyna pleurosticta ( http://kugelfischforum.de/index.php?id=sonstige1&tx_lkfishlist_pi1[showUid]=295&cHash=8a0f8d9846 ) is a marine fish from the western pacific (usually caught in australia as i know). it enters brackish and even freshwater but has to be kept in seawater. maximum siz...

hi, That's great news! Are you using marine salt mix or freshwater aquarium salt? what is "freshwater aquarium salt"? malawisalt or something like that? no, i am using marine salt or actually i am using seewater from another tank. 10 liters of saltwater on 230l of freshwater (brutto). when...