Tetraodon Pustulatus

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Tetraodon Pustulatus

Post by YOSHI_070706 »

what species are they, are they fresh or brackish? how big can they get? any info on these puffer anyone?
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They are virtually non-existant in the trade. :(
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If you do find one, you're going to have to mortgage your home.
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well i've found a guy who sells them over myspace, and he got the mbu, fahaka, congo, and the tetraodon pustulatus available in stock. to me they looks pretty much like the fahaka puffer except their tails are not as pretty and long as the fahaka puffer.
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Can we see pictures? How much is he charging? I fear they are just lineatus rather than true pustulatus.
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Pufferpunk wrote:If you do find one, you're going to have to mortgage your home.
How much are we talking here? Hundreds? Thousands?
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MILLIONS?!
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i would like to hear more of this, but im wary(from myspace and the description!)
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We're talking hundreds.
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Hmm i didn't realize there was a average price on for them as they are so rare. :wink:
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There are many people out there that actually believe they have a young pustalatus. Indeed the pictures, whilst young do bare some similarity but their failure to post more recent pictures leads me to believe that they were indeed lineatus.
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LOL! Any importer/distributor who turns up a rare fish is going to start the pricing in the hundreds. There is no "set" or standard price for such critters, but any that do turn up do sell for non-trivial amounts. Collector and on-a-budget are incompatible concepts for living creatures.
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Where's the link to this guy on myspace?
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Post by YOSHI_070706 »

ok if any of you in here have a myspace account, then you should really join this group http://groups.myspace.com/freshwaterpuffers.

as for the guy who was selling the tetraodon pustulatus puffer his myspace website is http://www.myspace.com/danemyers just send him a message and ask him if he have them instock, if you are his friend on myspace, he might give you some discount.

go to myspace page and check out 2 more video of my fahaka puffer "yoshi" and his tankmate. here is the link http://www.myspace.com/khoatothekoalabear
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