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Is it possible to breed two different species of puffers?
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 8:55 pm
by Mother Yoda
This may be a dumb question but after finding out that their may not be a type of puffer that I was wanting I have come to the question of this. Is it possible to breed a Red Tailed Redeye Puffer/ Carinotetraodon irrubesco and the South American Puffer/Colomesus asellus? If not is there away to miniaturize the Mbu and or Fahaka Puffer? I would really like to know please.
Mother Yoda
Re: Is it possible to breed two different species of puffers?
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 9:14 pm
by Pufferpunk
Your answer is no, at least with the species you are speaking of. Now, there are a lot of morphs of puffers of similar species but you are speaking of species that don't even come from the same parts of the world. It is practically impossible for fahakas to breed with each other, never mind a different species.
There has to be something you can find that you like. What size tank are you working with?
Re: Is it possible to breed two different species of puffers?
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 9:37 pm
by crazedpuffer
Some closely related species can breed though. There are reports of Pustulatus Lineatus hybrids.
Re: Is it possible to breed two different species of puffers?
Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 5:46 am
by Mother Yoda
Pufferpunk wrote:There has to be something you can find that you like. What size tank are you working with?
There is, but the Mbu puffer grows to an absurd size and wouldn't be able to be in a 125-135 gallon tank.