Whats the most colourful freshwater puffer?
Whats the most colourful freshwater puffer?
Hey all
Think I might have been bitten by the puffer bug, I adore my abei puffer percy but if I was to set up another tank Id like to get the most colourful puff I can - I am not ready for marine , might consider brackish but I like to stick in my comfort zone with freshwater
any suggestions?
Think I might have been bitten by the puffer bug, I adore my abei puffer percy but if I was to set up another tank Id like to get the most colourful puff I can - I am not ready for marine , might consider brackish but I like to stick in my comfort zone with freshwater
any suggestions?
- RVS
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Re: Whats the most colourful freshwater puffer?
Ummm... i love all FW puffers, but.... maybe the auriglobus modestus, Tetraodon Pustulatus or a T. Miurus Var.Red will fit on the colorful word ñ_ñ
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Re: Whats the most colourful freshwater puffer?
+1 Tetraodon Pustulatus
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Re: Whats the most colourful freshwater puffer?
(if you can find one)
- RVS
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Pure Parambassis Ranga. - Location (country): Mexico lindo y querido!
Re: Whats the most colourful freshwater puffer?
Heheheh thats the problemDrKennethNoisewater wrote:(if you can find one)
Let there be light, and lit up the days... Let there be puffers, and they swam around the world...
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Re: Whats the most colourful freshwater puffer?
ooo both are really pretty ... starts browsing the pufferpedia*
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Re: Whats the most colourful freshwater puffer?
There is no Pufferpedia right now, sorry.
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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"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
- RVS
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Other BF:
A hundred of Brackish P. Velifera & P. sphenops.
Pure Parambassis Ranga. - Location (country): Mexico lindo y querido!
Re: Whats the most colourful freshwater puffer?
do you know spanish? i made a care article about T.pustulatus, but in spanish u_u
Let there be light, and lit up the days... Let there be puffers, and they swam around the world...
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Re: Whats the most colourful freshwater puffer?
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
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Re: Whats the most colourful freshwater puffer?
Miurus will change colors often. At my LFS, they have a miurus in a tank with many different colored decor. It has turned deep orange, light orange, dark lava brown-red, light brown with dark brown strips, and dark brown. I'm really surprised. I can understand why it turned dark lava brown-red since there are some lava rocks inside the tank. I'm not sure why it turns orange or brown when there are no orange or brown decor. I wonder if it has to do with any of its neighbor fishes. Maybe its trying to blend in with some of the other decor.RVS wrote:Ummm... i love all FW puffers, but.... maybe the auriglobus modestus, Tetraodon Pustulatus or a T. Miurus Var.Red will fit on the colorful word ñ_ñ
I like the auriglobus metallic green shine
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Re: Whats the most colourful freshwater puffer?
My personal suggestion for most attractive FW puffer is the SAP. The combo of looks and activity and the preference for schooling in heavily planted largish tanks is unbeatable for me.
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- RVS
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A hundred of Brackish P. Velifera & P. sphenops.
Pure Parambassis Ranga. - Location (country): Mexico lindo y querido!
Re: Whats the most colourful freshwater puffer?
+1Terrance wrote:I like the auriglobus metallic green shine
About the T.Miurus, thats the point! its chameleonic color changes! You can have a fish that colors himself according to its environment!
The problem is that T. Miurus its a Lurker, so is not an active fish you can admire, thats why i also suggest A. Modestus. & T.Pustulatus, big colored and Active fish.
SAP is also nice, and they are paceful fish, well, compared to the other aspirant
Let there be light, and lit up the days... Let there be puffers, and they swam around the world...
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Re: Whats the most colourful freshwater puffer?
Not necessarily... My blonde miurus remains tan, no matter how red his gravel is.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
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Re: Whats the most colourful freshwater puffer?
I was just thinking to myself that if I took one I'd give it yellow decoration and yellow substrate to see if it will become yellowPufferpunk wrote:Not necessarily... My blonde miurus remains tan, no matter how red his gravel is.
*A wild water plant appears, Pig the Green Spotted Puffer is intimidated*
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C lorteti
DPs
suvattii
burrfish
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Re: Whats the most colourful freshwater puffer?
Maybe blue???
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"