which puffers are more readily available

awesome2 · Post by **awesome2** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 4:22 pm

I want either a palembang puffer, brown puffer, or arrowhead puffer.

are these guys hard to find and how much do they usually cost (in the USA)

I was also wondering if I could keep palembang puffers with south american puffers. (like 2) in a 40 gallon tank.

side19 · Post by **side19** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 8:15 am

out of my personal experience i've only every seen a palembang out of those puffer, and as a matter of fact it was for the first time two days ago. it was 60 bucks. i've never seen any of the others in person but puffers are sort of rare around here other than dwarfs and the occasion GSP or Figure 8. sorry i can't help you out with the others, but the price of a Palembang is 60 bucks here, hope that helps.

awesome2 · Post by **awesome2** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 9:26 am

well I live in texas and it seems that we can get fish in really easily. I have placed a few special orders and the fish came in whithin a month. I guess what i really want to know is how much do palembangs usualy cost?

on a side note we get in SAP's a lot and I can find them for like $4-5 at the lfs.
has anyone ever tried monotrete palembangensis with colomesus asellus?

Post by **Pufferpunk** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 12:01 pm

Minimum tank size for a Palem. is 40 & I do not suggest mixing those 2 species. Other than the SAPs, most FW puffers are fairly vicious.

awesome2 · Post by **awesome2** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 12:41 pm

ok well i have a 40 that im redoing and i was thinking about getting a palembang.
alright are there any fish you can put in with a palembang? faster fish like danios or barbs?

js97 · Post by **js97** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 1:59 pm

^^ if you want to roll the dice... but eventually.. you'll loose your other fish and have a fat puffer

awesome2 · Post by **awesome2** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 3:40 pm

lol ok then. I think I will just go with one palembang or an arrowhead.

apachepufferman · Post by **apachepufferman** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 4:31 pm

I have an arrowhead and he was $25 I think. My local sap was $18 Are you sure the puffs you are seeing are saps? The might be Dwarfs they usually run $4-5 range. Everywhere i have seen saps they are $17 and up.

You won't get away with keeping fish with a piscavour. My arrowhead watches every little thing in the tank and if he is hungry he gets the fish at night. So if you are wanting to try multiple FW puffs in one tank I would stick more to a SAP and DP tank. They cohabitate really well.

I have seen some people get away with more than one arrowhead in a tank. You would need lots of plants and hiding places. You might even get lucky and get a mating couple. I think a 40g would be a little small for that just for territory reasons but you could put a divider in.

awesome2 · Post by **awesome2** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 5:28 pm

If I got a mating couple would they get along forever or would i need to separate them?

apachepufferman · Post by **apachepufferman** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 6:59 pm

Thats what i'm not sure about. Rocker has succesfully mated and raised arrowheads on captivity but he has been on in a while. I have the same question. He actually has three T. suvatti in the tank and his pics don't show a divider so I'm assuming that you can keep them together forever....but you know that assumtions are the mother of all.....

Post by **Pufferpunk** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 8:43 pm

Look in the breeding forum for more info.

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