African Starry Puffer

monsterpuffer · Post by **monsterpuffer** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 2:34 pm

One of the local LFS has an add for two of these on their website. $99 each - I'm probably going to stop by after work to see if I can figure out what they are. I'm guessing its a Stars and Stripes (Arothron hispidus ) or if I'm lucky it might be a Starry Puffer (Arothron Stellatus) - although they get quite large so I dont think you would see them in the aquarium trade. I need crayfish as well so it works out.

MP

Torm · Post by **Torm** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 5:32 pm

monsterpuffer wrote:One of the local LFS has an add for two of these on their website. $99 each - I'm probably going to stop by after work to see if I can figure out what they are. I'm guessing its a Stars and Stripes (Arothron hispidus ) or if I'm lucky it might be a Starry Puffer (Arothron Stellatus) - although they get quite large so I dont think you would see them in the aquarium trade. I need crayfish as well so it works out.

MP

Arothron Stellatus can be found in the aquarium trade - just not very often. A friend has one. He's just beautiful!
Take a look.

It's not the kind of fish you can see every day in a LFS.

Phaedrus · Post by **Phaedrus** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 5:56 pm

wow, nice fish. Too bad it's a blurry picture

lisalisa · Post by **lisalisa** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 6:49 pm

That GSP looks SO tiny beside him!

Tihsho · Post by **Tihsho** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 8:12 pm

lisalisa wrote:That GSP looks SO tiny beside him!

I didn't scroll over that far to notice him! BTW lisa oyur so right about the size!

Phaedrus · Post by **Phaedrus** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 9:50 pm

Ha!, i never noticed either.

perek · Post by **perek** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 11:19 pm

Well that is a Juvi GSP, so it prolly isnt more than 2 inches.

Torm · Post by **Torm** » Sat Jun 03, 2006 12:28 pm

The picture is blurry because it's taken by my mobile phone with a 1.3 Mpixel camera.

The GSP is about 3 inches if I remember correct. Arothron Stellatus is around 10 inches in this photo. It's colours are really cool when he's young, don't you agree?

Torm · Post by **Torm** » Sat Jun 03, 2006 12:50 pm

Here are 2 more pics.

Phaedrus · Post by **Phaedrus** » Sat Jun 03, 2006 1:05 pm

very nice

YBeNormal · Post by **YBeNormal** » Sat Jun 03, 2006 1:12 pm

Torm,

Please resize your pics to be no more than 800 pixels in any direction.

Phaedrus · Post by **Phaedrus** » Sat Jun 03, 2006 1:15 pm

you can use this: http://www.imagesquash.com/

Torm · Post by **Torm** » Sat Jun 03, 2006 3:13 pm

OK. I'll resize the pics ASAP

Torm · Post by **Torm** » Sat Jun 03, 2006 3:58 pm

Mission accomplished.

Phaedrus · Post by **Phaedrus** » Sat Jun 03, 2006 3:58 pm

Thanks. Large pics can be a pain for anyone on dialup, or with a low resolution.

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