The Puffer Forum

auriglobus are pretty but are they small? I like my abei because he's quite a chunky dude

I love the look of T.pustulatus the red spots and swirls are really pretty

Im rubbish with abbreviations whats a SAP puffer?

South American Puffer

T.pustulatus are almost impossible, if not impossible, to find and very expensive. You have to be really careful when you see one advertised because juvenile Fahakas look like T.pustulatus.

I personally am with RTR, a tank of SAP's are a beautiful thing to behold!

I love my Congo's. They are both very active...maybe I just got oddballs...

Oh I didnt realise you were meant to keep south american puffers in shoals!

Ive seen them the one's that look like bumble bee patterned and was going to get one but I didnt know they lived in shoals Ive only seen one on its own at the lFS

They shoal fairly loosely, not at all like Rasboras or Danios or Barbs. But if you set a largish tank with fairly strong current along the front glass, they do give the effect of schooling.

Folks who have seen them in the Amazon say that the edges-of-the-main-channel schools are quite large. In flood season, they migrate out onto the floodplains for breeding.

Srkoe wrote:I love my Congo's. They are both very active...maybe I just got oddballs...

Mine is pretty active too. She has changed colors from yellow-tan to tan with red spots. And she is very attached to me now. When I come in the room she comes to the glass and wiggles her fins at me. At first I thought I was just making it up, but she does it to my grandkids now and they get a real kick out of it. "Fishy's waving, Mimi!"

im surprised no one mentioned fahakas! those are the prettiest to me... but you probably dont want to get a really big tank!