Takifugu ocellatus - brackish/marine/freshwater?

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Takifugu ocellatus - brackish/marine/freshwater?

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The PufferPedia lists Takifugu ocellatus (http://www.thepufferforum.com/forum/ug. ... Ocellatus/) as likely brackish or marine, but on at least two online sites I've seen specimens being sold as freshwater fish. The PufferPedia entry for this fish points to a FishBase entry (http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/species ... p?ID=55081) where the fish is described as freshwater/brackish.

Is there any consensus here at The Puffer Forum on the matter?
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Post by Corvus »

Oh, and add

Kato et al. (2005):
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6793/5/18

to the reading list. Those Takifugu being food fishes are increasingly well studied. They are already mass bred in bis pond facilities in China.
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Great links! Almost all BW puffers (even high-end BW) are sold as FW fish, so I wouldn't go by that. Also, if you're considering keeping this species, prepare to keep them much cooler than most tropical fish. That seems to help in their generally short survival rate in captivity.
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It it possible these are like salmon, and they don't tend to live long after breeding maturity strikes?
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Re: Takifugu ocellatus - brackish/marine/freshwater?

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In your opinion, at what temperature should I keep it?

I read here (see the second post in the thread) that the temperature should be at about 15-18 degrees celsius (that's about 59-64.5 degrees fahrenheit). Is that how low you mean, or do you mean more around the 21-22 degrees celsius (about 71-71.5 degrees fahrenheit) mark?
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