The Puffer Forum

Hi all
I am in South Africa and have today purchased a few new puffers. Please could someone help me identify what type of puffer this is? Cant see any spines on its underside at all and my guess would be tetraodon nigroviridis.I want to make sure that my water is correct for the type. I am also concerned about its health as it seems thin and its belly is rather concave. Can anybody offer me some advice?

Are you going to give us any clues, description or a pic or is it a complete random guess lol!

Does it look like any of these?
http://www.thepufferforum.com/forum/ug. ... _.jpg.html
http://www.thepufferforum.com/forum/ug. ... _.jpg.html
http://www.thepufferforum.com/forum/ug. ... 6.jpg.html

Welcome to the site

Welcome to the forum! Please post pics or otherwise describe it.

Hi, sorry, thought I had uploaded a pic but being somewhat technologically cahllenged,clearly I hadn't. Please view my pics on the user gallery under mwpennya

It looks like a GSP. But the poor fish is very ill. The black belly is one sign, and the belly that seems sunken in, is another. Poor puffer! That one needs help!

I'd suggest treating for internal parasites right away. Also get some vitamin enriched food into him.

Thanks so much for the advice, will get something for parasites. Have posted a few more pics. I thought these fish didn't look too healthy. Does stress cause them to go black underneath? They actually look a bit lighter this morning

Black bellies can be a sign of stress, they all look like GSP's with varying markings. If you can get them all up to health the difference in their markings swimming about should make for an impressive sight.