The Puffer Forum

Hello everyone, it's that time again! As some of you know I've recently run into some bad luck, so I will try my best to get this up & running so thank you everyone for your patience.

Good luck everyone & let the voting begin!

#1
-Species: Tetraodon miurus
-Name: Peaches
-Age: Unknown
-Size: 3.5 inches
-Peaches hiding in the sand. #2
- Species- Fahaka
- Name of Puffer- Bloat
- Age (if known)- Unknown but around 4-5 months
- Size-2.5 inch
- Brief description- Smiling for the camera #3
species: Tetraodon nigroviridis
size: 2 inches
name: doesnt have a name, any suggestions? #4
Species: Green Spotted Puffer
Age: 1year old
Size: 3"
Description: One of my two GSP in my personal 55g reef tank
Name: Cooties #5
Guinean puffer "Bubblegum"
- Species: Sphoeroides marmoratus
- Age: in captivity for about 1 year
- Size: almost 7 inches TL
- Right before my trusty LFS closed, they got this bloke in. I've got him in a 50 gallon FOWLR by himself. I may add some soft corals later, but for now, it's just him, some live rock, and lots of macro-algea. #6
- Species: Tetraodon suvattii
- Name of Puffer: Miss Piggy
- Age (if known): unknown
- Size: 6-7 cm
- Brief description - My new puffer in the collection, lives in a 30 gallon tank with some guppy fry. #7
- Species: Tetraodon nigroviridis
- Name: Toki
- Age: Unknown. She's been in my care for 4 months.
- Size: 2 inches
- Description: Toki in her natural habitat. #8
Species: T. Lineatus
Name: Vicious
Age: Owned 2 mo; approx 4 mo old.
Size: Almost 4" long
Description: Hangin' in his favorite spot - his Mason Jar Cave #9
Species: Arothron hispidus
Name: Mr. Puffer
Size: 7"
An older pic of Mr. Puffer that i have always liked. #10
Species: Female irrubesco
- Name of Puffer: Tiny
- Age: prob. less than one year
- Size: 1.5 inch
- Brief description: FW planted tank with several other fish and some shrimp.

Some real nice pics this month ppl. I like them all ....

I love the sign in pic # 4!

Troender wrote:I love the sign in pic # 4!

must be a "italian puffer" haha

I like picture #6

How can you not love that face

LOL when #4 came in I had to ask the person who submitted it.. "what kind of self respectin mobsta has the name Cooties?"

Thanks for getting it posted Lisa, between my camping trip, finding out I have a severely fractured bone in my foot and the fish convention setup going on.. its been crazy!

No problem! I'm just happy to finally be able to go on the internet

EDIT: Oh sorry. I was just under the impression that irrubesco had red tails. Sorry.

Only on TPF, could someone post a pic of eyeballs , say it was a pic of a fish & enter it in a contest!

Lil' Swimz$ wrote:For the owner of #10, your puff looks more like a female lorteti then irrubesco. Irrubesco females have a red tail, which yours doesn't seem to have.

Nope, irrubesco females don't have a red tail. Just the males The females have beautiful lace-like tails.

Some great pictures this month!

Lil' Swimz$ wrote:For the owner of #10, your puff looks more like a female lorteti then irrubesco. Irrubesco females have a red tail, which yours doesn't seem to have.

http://www.tropicalfishfinder.co.uk/new ... sp?id=1534

Females of the two species are very similar, but female Carinotetraodon irrubesco generally have a ventral surface profusely marked with brown squiggles, whereas the underside of female Carinotetraodon lorteti is more or less entirely plain.

Edited old post ^^

No worries Lil, it can be hard to keep all the species separate in your mind. Especially the red eyes as they can be quite similar with little difference

Congratz to Hierony for the month of July

Awesome! Thanks everyone! I'll have to inform Peaches she is a super star now!