any clue what kind of puffers?

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any clue what kind of puffers?

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so im in the market to get another puffer and called the lfs to find out what was available in their 'freshwater puffer' section. in addition to the normal gsp, figure 8s, red eye/red tails i was told:
gold green and green neon (are these two just another name for gsp?)
hairy puffer (hairs of gold at over $40 a fish!)
red bellied (really really sick puffers?!)
pig nose (worried about their potential appetite)
black river
puffers were all available.
i couldn't find the gold green, green neon, red bellied, pig nose ones on pufferpedia, anyone have any clue about these guys?
im really interested in the pig nose, lol, sounds cute.
and the hairy puffer because i already got its name all picked out: "harry potter." though i can't take the credit for the name, that was all the fish specialist! :-) if im gonna spend $40 i was curious if anyone who has owned one would recommend one for someone's 2nd puffer ever? in other words, as a novice, would he die? (ive only ever had a gsp)
thanks for any help!
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Look at the Tetraodon suvattii=pignose.
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he's listed as a piscivore, yet ive only ever read that feeding feeder fish is a bad idea. would he be ok on a normal puffer diet without fish?
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Absolutely but no tank mates!
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I believe there are some suvatti specific articles in the library.. a breeding one at least, and I'm sure it mentions food in there.

$40 for the hairy puff's is a dang good price. I've seen them for over $100, on the ONE time I ran across some locally.

The "gold green" puffer might be a modestus or silus, or just another name for a GSP or dwarf.

I have NO clue about the red bellied. I can't even think of a puffer that has a red belly...

Black river might be SAP's (Amazon) or Fahakas (Nile River)

I would definately double check the species when you get there.. common names are so confusing!
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Myaj wrote: ...I have NO clue about the red bellied. I can't even think of a puffer that has a red belly...
I've often seen Carinotetraodons like lorteti or even irrubesco labelled as red belly, because of the reddish stripe of the males.
Myaj wrote:I would definately double check the species when you get there.. common names are so confusing!
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Gold green are proably DP's.
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