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toyota_mini · Post by **toyota_mini** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 12:29 am

I recently bought a red eye puffer baby. I already have 1 GSP and 1 figure 8. The baby red eye whom i have named baby girl is about a half an inch in length. I would also like to get a male red eye and a red saddled puffer. what size tank would you recommend for these wonderful fish? thanks

Post by **RTR** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 1:21 am

I hope the puffers are housed in separate tanks?

For the GSP, 30-long minimum tank, a 50 might be optimum. The fish would start light light BW and move slowly up to high BW or full SW.

For the F-8, a 15 would do well, a 20-long would be luxurious. Light BW.

For a pair of red-eyes, I'd likely use a heavily planted 20-long. FW.

What is a red saddle puffer?

Tihsho · Post by **Tihsho** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 7:19 pm

Only puff that has 'saddle' in the names that I can think of are the Saddleback tobies, which are marine species.

lisalisa · Post by **lisalisa** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 8:25 pm

I be live he's talking about a Takifugu Ocelatus:
http://www.aquascapeonline.com/store/sc ... tegory=227

GASP!!!!!!!!!

Also a marine species, far too misunderstood, and more than high mortality rate in captivity.

Tihsho · Post by **Tihsho** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 9:49 pm

Fugu's are a risk by themselves. They are too unpredictable. I believe only one person on the forum has successfully kept one alive.

creampuff · Post by **creampuff** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 9:49 pm

lisalisa wrote:I be live he's talking about a Takifugu Ocelatus:
http://www.aquascapeonline.com/store/sc ... tegory=227

GASP!!!!!!!!!

Also a marine species, far too misunderstood, and more than high mortality rate in captivity.

I just saw a beautiful one a couple of days ago. Kept in FW.... at the LFS. Tried to tell them it was SW but.... *shrugs* I wonder how long they'd survive in FW.

xautomaticflowersx · Post by **xautomaticflowersx** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 10:56 pm

Maybe the 'saddled' puffer is Tetraodon fluviatilis as they can sometimes have quite large patches on their backs? Although there's nothing very 'red' about them

Tihsho · Post by **Tihsho** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 7:35 pm

Other then their fins...which usually are more like and orange hue.

ChesapeakeSwellfish · Post by **ChesapeakeSwellfish** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 7:54 pm

Strikingly beautiful fish - the cover model for Dr. Ebert's book!

toyota_mini · Post by **toyota_mini** » Sun Jan 01, 2006 5:58 am

i lost my red eye to a snail tonight. can you belive that a snail think ill go cry now

toyota_mini · Post by **toyota_mini** » Sun Jan 01, 2006 6:10 am

by the way the red saddle i mentioned was found at http://www.aquascapeonline.com a very pretty fish but then again im partial to puffers

lisalisa · Post by **lisalisa** » Sun Jan 01, 2006 11:30 am

It's most likely that the snail was eating the puffer after it was dead. Please don't buy that 'red saddle' puffer, it will not last.

Post by **Pufferpunk** » Sun Jan 01, 2006 12:48 pm

I agree, do not try to replace that puffer with the same. Even the most expert puffer keepers aren't able to keep them alive for more than a few months. You snail was just eating the carcass.

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