Colomesus Psittacus ( Banded Puffer ) Anyone have any experience keeping one that they would like to share?

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Colomesus Psittacus ( Banded Puffer ) Anyone have any experience keeping one that they would like to share?

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In all honesty, I expect to get a misidentified SAP puffer.
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Re: Colomesus Psittacus ( Banded Puffer ) Anyone have any experience keeping one that they would like to share?

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Contact Wesley Wong on Facebook, he's been supplying them for years.
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Re: Colomesus Psittacus ( Banded Puffer ) Anyone have any experience keeping one that they would like to share?

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Pufferpunk wrote: Mon Apr 01, 2019 9:55 am Contact Wesley Wong on Facebook, he's been supplying them for years.
Thank you for the suggestion. I got in contact with him and this is actually one of his fish he imported that I'm getting.
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Re: Colomesus Psittacus ( Banded Puffer ) Anyone have any experience keeping one that they would like to share?

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Cool! As far as I know, he's the only supplier of them.
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Re: Colomesus Psittacus ( Banded Puffer ) Anyone have any experience keeping one that they would like to share?

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csduck17 wrote: Mon Apr 01, 2019 4:37 am In all honesty, I expect to get a misidentified SAP puffer.

Got one of these guys being shipped to me this week.From the few people I have been able to get in touch with that has kept them they never got to their maximum size of 10"-12". One guy maxed out at just under 9 inches and the other 7inches. Both had them for 5+ years.


So my plan atm is full fresh for 1-2 months and then acclimating him up to a low brackish point with the hopes of him being able to stay life long at that point. Any thoughts or anything to add?
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