I have been lurking about here since catching the puffer bug around a year ago. I finally have a free 75 gallon aquarium that is begging to be filled with something, so I thought I would put my plans here for an expert to dissect. My lfs has received a pretty nice variety of puffers lately( Congo puffer (the lurker), one (very expensive) tetraodon schoutedeni, tank-raised(?) fahakas, a mbu, a huge number of 1.5" Auroglobus modestus, and figure . I am currently thinking that I may go with the Modestus which are fascinating and active or figure-8s which are the puffers that first caught my eye a while back. Does any one have direct experience with both that could comment on which gave the most enjoyment? I know both could be kept in smaller tanks, but it is my preference to keep small fish in large tanks anyway.
From what I've read both these puffers are quite adaptable to water parameters in terms of hardness and ph, but it may be worth mentioning my tap water has TDS close to 400ppm.
Thanks!
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- Puffer Fry
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OMG, Modestus??? They're one of my favorites! If they're juvies, you can keep more than 1, as long as they grow up together. How cool of a tank that would be! They do need occasional dentistry though.
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- Puffer Fry
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That's what I was thinking (as you could probably tell by my username). I need to look at them closely to make sure of exactly which species they really are, but there were probably more than 20 in the store.
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Punkster, the 4" red T miurus
Mongo, the 4" A modestus
2 T biocellatus
C valentini
C coranata
C papuan
Also kept:
lorteti
DPs
suvattii
burrfish
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Pics??
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- Puffer Fry
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Unfortunately, they were all moved to quarantine due to ich and either they sold a lot or many didn't survive the stress.
I may just wait and see.
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- Pufferpunk
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- Posts: 32773
- Joined: Tue May 31, 2005 11:06 am
- Gender: Female
- My Puffers: Filbert, the 12" T lineatus
Punkster, the 4" red T miurus
Mongo, the 4" A modestus
2 T biocellatus
C valentini
C coranata
C papuan
Also kept:
lorteti
DPs
suvattii
burrfish
T niphobles - Location (country): USA, Greenville, SC
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Wow, that's really young.
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- Puffer Fry
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Hi, I am planning to have puffer in my 15G tank. Can anyone tell me where to find them in Vancouver area. Thank you.
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- My Puffers: Filbert, the 12" T lineatus
Punkster, the 4" red T miurus
Mongo, the 4" A modestus
2 T biocellatus
C valentini
C coranata
C papuan
Also kept:
lorteti
DPs
suvattii
burrfish
T niphobles - Location (country): USA, Greenville, SC
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Good luck--that's a VERY rare species to find!
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
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