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DrKennethNoisewater
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Re: New from Sweden!

Post by DrKennethNoisewater »

Pufferpunk wrote:Looks like a GSP to me.
it does look like a GSP but i believe by the side shot it is an F8. it has lines rather than spots...
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Re: New from Sweden!

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Two eyespots present in the right F8 places, if you enlarge the side shot.
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Starfighter
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Re: New from Sweden!

Post by Starfighter »

im quite sure my puffer is a Tetraodon Biocellatus
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Tim
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Re: New from Sweden!

Post by Tim »

Starfighter wrote:im quite soure my puffer is a Tetraodon Biocellatus
On a side note: Which store did you buy yours at? :D
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Re: New from Sweden!

Post by Starfighter »

Actually i got it sended to me from a girl who didn't want it anymore :)
So i don't know where it's from :)
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Re: New from Sweden!

Post by Starfighter »

Today om going to a shop to buy som salt and hopefully i will make it brackish water for my puffer
but i still would like to have some more fishes in the tank like 3-4 more, it would be nice with some cleaners maybe a "Crossocheilus oblongus"
Or is it better with a pleco?
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Re: New from Sweden!

Post by Pufferpunk »

Your tank is only large enough for a single F8 puffer & no tank mates.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...

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Re: New from Sweden!

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Yes, it's a T. biocellatus.
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Re: New from Sweden!

Post by Starfighter »

I can't even have a pleco inside?
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Tim
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Re: New from Sweden!

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Starfighter wrote:I can't even have a pleco inside?
Most pleco's, I think, become far too large for a 54L tank.
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Re: New from Sweden!

Post by Starfighter »

Any other cleaners?
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Re: New from Sweden!

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Starfighter wrote:Any other cleaners?
Image :lol:
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Re: New from Sweden!

Post by Starfighter »

Haha :D yeah ;)
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Re: New from Sweden!

Post by Pufferpunk »

Plecos are strictly FW fish.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...

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Re: New from Sweden!

Post by Tim »

Pufferpunk wrote:Plecos are strictly FW fish.
I've been reading some stories of a few specific ones that are occasionally found in low end brackish, but it never states any actual names of said pleco species.
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