Red Line Puffer (Tetraodon Erythrotaenia)

sPuffalopagus · Post by **sPuffalopagus** » Thu Oct 06, 2005 11:22 am

Hi Folks,
Wanna know if anyone here has any experience keeping this puffer and whether its FW or SW... me confused about that. Reason being, of the 3 sites I found that describe this fish, 2 says FW to Brackish while one says Brackish to SW...

Please help me out here...

Thanks a Bunch!!

Post by **RTR** » Thu Oct 06, 2005 11:54 am

Dr. Ebert in his Aqualog book on puffers lists the fish as brackish, specifically mangrove swamps, but says it also enters rivers. That is the best source of puffer info available, but offers little more of that fish.

Post by **Pufferpunk** » Thu Oct 06, 2005 5:22 pm

Have you actually found one? I haven't heard of one of these species avvailable in years.

Post by **RTR** » Thu Oct 06, 2005 7:28 pm

I think that someone reported them on one of the web dealer's lists not long ago, but I don't know if it was real.

Woland · Post by **Woland** » Fri Oct 07, 2005 8:29 am

I had one in my early "puffer-days".
Killed it due to my inexperience...

My LFS does quite a bit of direct import from the East and is keeping an eye open for this specimen.
I will inform you guys if it shows up on a list.

sPuffalopagus · Post by **sPuffalopagus** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 12:42 pm

Thanks for the replies guys.

Yeah, Just like my T.Abei (Name is Sunny), this guy (Name is Baris: Malay for line) was the last one in its tank. I guess its easy for me to find it here in Singapore as we are very near to where most of the FW puffer fishes can be found (South-East Asia).
Initially I thought it was one of those artificially injected colors... Checked around and found that it was a true blue puffer. Asked about the source and the perimeters of the tank it was kept in but the shop assistant does not know (Alas, ignorance strikes again). All he could tell me was that it had been kept in that tank of Fresh Water for 2 weeks and its still doing fine.

Right now, I am keeping it in a Brackish tank setup with coral sand as gravel. Have some caves and some Nanas in it too... would post a picture once I can get it to stop zooming round the tank.

Post by **Pufferpunk** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 5:23 pm

Pics! We want pics!!!

chriscenter1 · Post by **chriscenter1** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 8:28 pm

congratulations!

sPuffalopagus · Post by **sPuffalopagus** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 9:32 am

HERE IT IS FOLKS

The best photos that I can take of BARIS.

Any Comments??

Post by **Pufferpunk** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 10:56 am

Very cool/cute fella! Nice collage of pics too!

Woland · Post by **Woland** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 5:46 pm

Nice!

sPuffalopagus · Post by **sPuffalopagus** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 9:06 am

Thanks for the positive response.
Right now, all of them are doing fine... and I have set up a thread on an aquatic forum in Singapore asking people to just pluck pesky unwanted snails from their tanks and to hand them over!!

Free food supply...

Ain't got no luck in raising my own snails...

sakana_janai · Post by **sakana_janai** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 11:43 am

Awww that puffer is so cute! Is that the "samurai" puffer? (I think I've seen red lines described as that)

Is he aggressive??

Woland · Post by **Woland** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 1:47 pm

Yes, these puffers are also called "Samurai Puffer".
I seem to remember them described as fairly aggressive.

sPuffalopagus · Post by **sPuffalopagus** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 11:30 am

That's right... these guys are described as Samurai Puffers too... though I have no idea why...
Guess I would never know the full extent of its agressiveness... cos all my Puffers are in specimen tanks... I could describe how it eats though...

Unlike my other 2 puffers... the Red Line attacks the food (snails, Blood worms) with an initial bite (Initial-B)... then it pushes it out of its mouth again and nibbles.... kinda cute... [/code]

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Yup... Samurai...