Went to my LFS today...

[crazedpuffer]

They had quite a few interesting FW puffers.
They had a tank full of puffers, I think they are abei but I'm not sure, since they are kinda stressed. Is $20 normal for them?
They also had 2 really fat pig nose puffers, healthy and everything, and of course the sick frail fahaka whos been there for almost a year, who still apparently eats a ton.
Also they had one puffer which is the reason I am posting. It was labeled as XL puffer for like $149.99. I don't recall ever seeing a puffer like it on line, so when I got home I checked the pufferpedia and couldn't find anything like it. It was very personable though, and reminded me of a pustulatus actually. It was basically all yellow with one black spot on both sides and had a nice size tail fin. I have a really cruddy cell phone picture of it i'll load later. Any idea on what it could have possibly been?

[yunachin]

Is it freshwater or saltwater?
And does your LFS ship to people?

[crazedpuffer]

Its FW and sadly they dont, but they are ridiculously overpriced anyway.

[Pufferpunk]

Just because the LFS keeps it in FW, does in now way mean it's a FW fish.

[manutius]

I'd like to see the picture, it could be a cross river puffer/fahaka hybrid?

[crazedpuffer]

Thats what I'm thinking. It had the body of them.
I want to go back in a few days and find out more, maybe it will have adjusted somewhat more and have better defining features.

[yunachin]

Well if you can talk them into shipping that Fahaka, I may be interested in saving him.

[noname]

in seattle ive seen the abei for 80 - 150 so 20 would be a good deal.

[crazedpuffer]

Really that much?!?
is that the norm or are they seen much cheaper?
Also think I could keep it in a 10-15 gallon tank?

also that other XL puffer, I think it might be a Colomesus Psittacus.

[noname]

ya i dunno why they say they are rare the 2 shops i seen them at. they are pretty small puffer for that high of a pice tag i thought... seattle is weird with puffer prices cause i see fahakas for 20 , mbus for 40 at one spot and the next spot will be like fahajas 80 and mbus 150... im useing those 2 puffers as excample cause thats what i see last week end.

But Im Not Sure If that is a good price or not im dont know that much about them just what i seen as far as price

[Troender]

10-15 G for an abei is too small. I had mine in 32-33 G, and wouldn't have kept it in a smaller tank. But he was about 4''. The PufferPedia says 25 G as smallest tank size. $20 for an abei seems like a good prize, at least around here. But this is Norway...