Please help me identify - LFS calls White Spot Puffer

[sayersweb]

Hello,

This is my first post here on the Puffer Forum.

I currently have 4 aquariums: 300, 200, 55, & 20. Yesterday we were at a local (reputable) fish store and my girlfriend fell in love with a puffer (I'm only slightly jealous). In all the years I have kept fish, puffer is not one I have any experience with. Talking with the sales person this White Spot Puffer is freshwater, will do okay with other semi-aggressive fish as long as they are not too small. The puffer is maybe 4 inches and they said it is nearly full-grown and that it should do fine in the 55 gallon with 4 electric blue acaras, 4 small geos, three Roseline Sharks and some loaches.

Got it home and acclimated, started searching the web for White Spot Puffer and came up with nothing. Called the LFS today and they said they were new, fist time they had ever gotten them in, and that they know very little about them. So far it seems fine, although I noticed today that all 6 small albino bushy nose plecos have been eaten, only some skeleton remains are left. Both the Acaras and the Puffer are new additions to the aquarium, so it could have been either.

Sorry for the poor image quality:

[Pufferpunk]

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Care & feeding is exactly the same as this fish, but it requires a larger tank. I'd go with a 55g.
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[sayersweb]

Thank you so much for the ID! I will keep an eye on how it interacts with its tank-mates. May end up dedicating the 55 to the puffer.

[hadla]

Welcome, and they think that a Ceylon puffer can live in freshwater with the other fish you listed?! Sure if you don't mind losing the other fish and shortening the puffs life! Good for you to do research even if it's after you bought it