picking up a rare beast
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picking up a rare beast
getting a 1.5" C borneensis tonight. cant see a pic on the pedia so ill post a few when i ave him home so that it can be added. ill put him in my sump most of it is sectioned off for the suvs but i have a 18x20 section he can go into. going to be interesting to see him hes one of the rarer small puffers i personally have never seen nor know of anyone that has any if you do please let me know some info 
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Re: picking up a rare beast
Cool! Can't wait for the pictures! 
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Re: picking up a rare beast
Cool! We always love to add to ther PP. Can you write us a profile when you figure out that fella?
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Re: picking up a rare beast
this should be interesting
- flash.dan
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1x Carinotetraodon borneensis - Location: Coventry, UK
Re: picking up a rare beast
been a slight delay as the person who owns him/her is working late but ill get him tomorrow its amazing the puffers only 3 minutes away from my house apparently the owner is a huge puffer fan and has kept some rare puffers inca 14" Pustulatus (see below) hes moving so has sold up. im extatic about this bornean. ill post some pics of him tomorrow and after a few weeks of monitering him like a hawk ill write a little article i suspect he will be similar to lorteti, irrubesco and salivator but we will see =)
im happy and sad happy that after the pie im extatic about getting another puffer but feel quite sad feels like cheating on a loved one... anyway here is his Pustulatus I CANNOT BELIEVE HE SOLD IT!!! if only i knew

im happy and sad happy that after the pie im extatic about getting another puffer but feel quite sad feels like cheating on a loved one... anyway here is his Pustulatus I CANNOT BELIEVE HE SOLD IT!!! if only i knew

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Re: picking up a rare beast
What a beautiful puffer! Lookin forward to pics of your new little guy.
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Re: picking up a rare beast
wow thats gorgeous...
- flash.dan
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Re: picking up a rare beast
yea the cross riveer was sold so so cheap aswell.... he was sold just after cutie died at the time i had a free 6x2 aswell. what a shame but ill get the little fella later hopefully should be just as interesting
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Re: picking up a rare beast
That puffers amazing.
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Re: picking up a rare beast
A guy on here called Fella had some a few years back. We got them from BAS. I got Salivator and he got Borneensis. In temprament they were very similar Male chased the female constantly in a single pair, eventually they had to be seperated. Nice looking smalle puffers though.flash.dan wrote:getting a 1.5" C borneensis tonight. cant see a pic on the pedia so ill post a few when i ave him home so that it can be added. ill put him in my sump most of it is sectioned off for the suvs but i have a 18x20 section he can go into. going to be interesting to see him hes one of the rarer small puffers i personally have never seen nor know of anyone that has any if you do please let me know some info
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Re: picking up a rare beast
In the 80s C. borneensis was imported more regularly. One guy apparently even bred them, but they were generally called C. lorteti. It became clearer later that they are two different species and that many C. lorteti of these days were C. borneensis.
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- flash.dan
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Bubba 17" gentle giant... loves a belly tickle.
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1x Carinotetraodon borneensis - Location: Coventry, UK
Re: picking up a rare beast
ive certainly never seen any in the UK before although loretti are pretty common.
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Re: picking up a rare beast
Found the thread, was way back in 06 but there is a pic of the male.
Borneensis
Borneensis
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