Hello
In my lfs they're selling puffers under the name Fugu Puffers and they have them in freshwater
They are different to all the other puffers they sell (Mbu, Red Eye, South American, Banded)
The Fugu Puffers they have are quite thin and long
please help as I want to know if I should or shouldn't buy one
I've checked the Pedia and they are not like the ones you have as fugu
Thanks
CAN ANYONE TELL ME IF A FUGU PUFFER IS FRESHWATER PLEASE?
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Re: CAN ANYONE TELL ME IF A FUGU PUFFER IS FRESHWATER PLEASE?
Are you sure they don't look like any of the fugus in the pufferpedia? Fugus are SW fish, but it seems LFSs don't really know much about them, so they end up in the wrong tanks. Any chance you could get a picture of them?
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Re: CAN ANYONE TELL ME IF A FUGU PUFFER IS FRESHWATER PLEASE?
Hello Thanks for replying so quickly
I've just been up there and they were closed today so I couldn't get a picture.
Yeah your right about them not labeling puffers properly, I had to tell them what they had as they had South American Puffers labled as Banded Puffers (they also had Banded Puffers but they thought the SAP were small Banded Puffers, Also they thought that the Red Eyed Puffer Males and females were to different Spieces of Puffer!).
The Fugus they've got look a lot like the ones the Japanese eat, They are silver down the side and have spots on them (not like green spotted puffers though, their very long and thin)
I'll try and get a photo tomorrow
I've just been up there and they were closed today so I couldn't get a picture.
Yeah your right about them not labeling puffers properly, I had to tell them what they had as they had South American Puffers labled as Banded Puffers (they also had Banded Puffers but they thought the SAP were small Banded Puffers, Also they thought that the Red Eyed Puffer Males and females were to different Spieces of Puffer!).
The Fugus they've got look a lot like the ones the Japanese eat, They are silver down the side and have spots on them (not like green spotted puffers though, their very long and thin)
I'll try and get a photo tomorrow
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Re: CAN ANYONE TELL ME IF A FUGU PUFFER IS FRESHWATER PLEASE?
Fugu is just a generic term. Common names are never accurate, so you never know what the real species is until you compare photos.
There's been a lot of these showing up lately:
ug.php/v/PufferPedia/Brackish/T_Erythrotaenia/
But the ones I usually see labeled simply as "fugu" are usually one of these two species (both saltwater, I believe both are touchy as far as temps and prefer cooler water):
ug.php/v/PufferPedia/Marine/T_Ocellatus/
ug.php/v/PufferPedia/Marine/T_Oblongus/
There's been a lot of these showing up lately:
ug.php/v/PufferPedia/Brackish/T_Erythrotaenia/
But the ones I usually see labeled simply as "fugu" are usually one of these two species (both saltwater, I believe both are touchy as far as temps and prefer cooler water):
ug.php/v/PufferPedia/Marine/T_Ocellatus/
ug.php/v/PufferPedia/Marine/T_Oblongus/
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Re: CAN ANYONE TELL ME IF A FUGU PUFFER IS FRESHWATER PLEASE?
This is an old thread - Why is coming up as current?
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There was some spamming being done.RTR wrote:This is an old thread - Why is coming up as current?
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The spammers are a huge pain.
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It should be fixed now, see if we get any new bot registrations (we shouldn't).