Sphoeroides rosenblatti.
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Sphoeroides rosenblatti.
Hi there, i was reading some books to identify american puffers and yesterday i recived a phone call from my LFS to said to me that they got a "colombian fresh water puffer" the first thing i though was that the fish was a Colomesus asellus, but then i arrived and i find out a very strange 8cm puffer...
by the shape of the head i knew it was an spheroides, but not a familiar species (after searching in literature and with a little help from fishbase i identify it as Sphoeroides rosenblatti)... i took it to my place and, as all spheroides are marine i put him in a 40gal high brackish end that was already home for 6 Chromis Vidris, they passed the night and everything is ok.... so, i´ve never kept an spheroides before they are quite rare... no belly, very hard marked lateral line... i would apreciate there is any recomendations or advice you could tell me
by the shape of the head i knew it was an spheroides, but not a familiar species (after searching in literature and with a little help from fishbase i identify it as Sphoeroides rosenblatti)... i took it to my place and, as all spheroides are marine i put him in a 40gal high brackish end that was already home for 6 Chromis Vidris, they passed the night and everything is ok.... so, i´ve never kept an spheroides before they are quite rare... no belly, very hard marked lateral line... i would apreciate there is any recomendations or advice you could tell me
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Re: Sphoeroides rosenblatti.
We need pics!
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Re: Sphoeroides rosenblatti.
Of course, tonight i´ll shoot him, i was waiting for him to be more comfortable in his new house cuz he looked stressed.
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2 T. Nigroviridis
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M. Abei
Other BF:
A hundred of Brackish P. Velifera & P. sphenops.
Pure Parambassis Ranga. - Location (country): Mexico lindo y querido!
Re: Sphoeroides rosenblatti.
Last day of quarantine, he is now in the 50gal with the 2 young GSP (while i decide to set up an spheroides tank).
Here are the pics so you can help me with the ID (i believe is a Sphoeroides rosenblatti).
Face view:
Side view:
Lateral & abs view:
3/4 view:
Dorsal view:
Sorry for the photography quality, not much time and/or bad light conditions.
Here are the pics so you can help me with the ID (i believe is a Sphoeroides rosenblatti).
Face view:
Side view:
Lateral & abs view:
3/4 view:
Dorsal view:
Sorry for the photography quality, not much time and/or bad light conditions.
Last edited by RVS on Wed Aug 08, 2012 12:26 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Sphoeroides rosenblatti.
OMG, he's gorgeous!
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Has a cute face ñ_ñ
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Re: Sphoeroides rosenblatti.
Wow! What an awesome find, congrats on your new puffer
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Re: Sphoeroides rosenblatti.
Very neat!
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Re: Sphoeroides rosenblatti.
Cool Puffer dude, can we see a vid of him eating
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A hundred of Brackish P. Velifera & P. sphenops.
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Re: Sphoeroides rosenblatti.
Thanks folks! he also appreciates the compliment.
Ill make the video! he is a skilled snail-eater!... Lets see how he and the gsp behave together, if i see any kind of agression i will move him to his own tank
Ill make the video! he is a skilled snail-eater!... Lets see how he and the gsp behave together, if i see any kind of agression i will move him to his own tank
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Re: Sphoeroides rosenblatti.
That is a really cool puffer!
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Re: Sphoeroides rosenblatti.
Very cool!
I wish I could just bring home puffers at random lol and be able to house them properly.
I wish I could just bring home puffers at random lol and be able to house them properly.
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Re: Sphoeroides rosenblatti.
In case anyone's interested, there's one on sale in Aquabid right now:
http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/ ... 1532394006
http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/ ... 1532394006