The Puffer Forum

Hi folks I just got home from a vacation where I found this amazing fish store, Long story short I ended up bringing home two new puffs that I have never heard of. They were both being held in ten gal. tanks (fresh water). Right now I have them both in my 29 gal holding tank until I figure what tanks they need to go into please help. One is about 3 inches long and very skinny, almost didnt look like a puffer but the eyes gave him away, he is mostly green with a very bright orange pattern on his back with black inside. The other looks almost like a gsp but more brown and with a single black spot on his side and red eyes. I am trying to get pics up but any help would be great. the skinny one is very active and when fed he def showed agressiveness towards the other.

this is a skinny one

ug.php/v/PufferPedia/Marine/T_Ocellatus/

nice puffer!

any pictures of the GSP looking one?

maybe this for the other? looks almost like a GSP with the pattern but darker and red eyes. cant find a spot on either of the two pictures linked like you described

ug.php/v/PufferPedia/Freshwater/T_Turgidus/

ug.php/v/PufferPedia/Freshwater/T_Cochinchinensis/

or this, lol sorry for the extra posts, just looking in the pedia and jumping back over to link. whatever you have sounds like a target species, which from what i recently read can be hard to get a definite ID on. but they all have the basic same care. the one i linked above is a Fangs Puffer, a target species so just read that over and it should give you basically the care this one requires until you can get a picture and a positive ID from someone here who is better at this than me

I think the one that I dont have pics of is a fangs puffer.. looks just like the pics on here. The other one in the pic above is the one I really need to figure out.. It is the fastest fish I think I have ever seen!! moves around very quick when hes out, but otherwise likes to hide.. Other then that when I just turned the tank light on he burrowed into the gravel fairly deep.

look at the first link i posted. it looks like its a Fugu Puffer, marine conditions as it gets older. i have read it is commonly sold in FW but require brackish/marine as an adult

That first photo is a Takifugu ocellatus

You need to separate them immediately, one is a marine fish and the other is probably freshwater, aside from that, both are aggressive and might hurt one another.

thanks!! your def right its a fugu puffer.. Now I have to call my local pet shops to see who would like it. I cant handle full salt tanks in my apt. I hope the other works out, but thanks a whole lot. Hopefully I can get it into a good home quickly

I can only see one photo but that is definitely a Takifugu Ocellatus. Excellent article in the library.