New to PF with no idea of forum navigation and newby owner of a sweet lil puffer...BUT cannot quite confirm identification.
This means I'm unsure if she's a brackish to marine or freshwater girl iv adopted, which could pose immediate problems regarding water and food options. She was caught in northern aust, is approx 6-7 cm in length, which to me does not make it a dwarf puffer (max of 1 inch or so) as I was wanting and thought to be by seller. I have her in a square 25 litre tank but am using my 19 litre fluval chi tanks filter/light over glass edge. Was expecting them to be fresh/brackish and of tiny dwarf size so was purchasing 2, until I viewed them, realising both were much larger so with size of tank I thought it wise to only adopt 1 puffer. I Already feel the 25 litre is inadequate and def will be unsuitable if shes not dwarf.
The other i did not choose was of similar size, slightly diff in appearance, no bands..more of spots/circles with slightly narrower face,( I thought it looked more marine) ?
My puffer could be either Marilyna Darwinii: brackish, marine.
Or Marilyna Pleurosticta-anadromous ? Freshwater, brackish, marine. in appearance almost exactly the same. From googling I think the above types don't diet on snails as such so I'm now thrown as to food needs. I don't understand how they can fall under all three water conditions tho-F,B, and marine.
Help needed plz
Have been attempting to get hold of 1or 2 freshwater dwarf puffers for a year with no luck until now, but sadly think she's not actually correct dwarf species.
Will post pic of her as soon as she swims till enough to catch one.
...just snapped one.
Apologies if posted in wrong area, but I was on a roll.
Lisa
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