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I bought this little guy from the LFS,they said he was a Australian dog face puffer. I was told this might not be the case, can anyone confirm?

thanks for any help.







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looks like a stars and stripes
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Welcome to the forum!!

That is one handsome puff you have there

Stars and Stripes for sure.

J-P wrote:looks like a stars and stripes
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Welcome to the forum!!

That is one handsome puff you have there

Thanks a lot, he is a cool little guy.

Congrats on your stars and stripes. I owned one about 9 years ago. One of my favs .

How big do this things get? I seen they can max out at 21 inches, but thats rare.

FADE2BLACK_1973 wrote:Congrats on your stars and stripes. I owned one about 9 years ago. One of my favs .

Thanks a lot, he is really cool.

How often should I feed him? Te LFS told me 2-3 freeze dried jumbo krill every day?

stangd1909 wrote:How big do this things get? I seen they can max out at 21 inches, but thats rare.

These guys grow fast. 21 inches is quite large but 17 - 18 inches is about normal. What size is he now and what size tank?

As far as the feeding goes krill isn't the best. Here is a great link to get your started on feeding.

library/feeding/feeding-your-puffers/

Go to your local grocery store and pick of some raw, frozen, no additives seafood. Shrimp with shell, mussel on half shell ect.

trekenk wrote:

stangd1909 wrote:How big do this things get? I seen they can max out at 21 inches, but thats rare.

These guys grow fast. 21 inches is quite large but 17 - 18 inches is about normal. What size is he now and what size tank?

As far as the feeding goes krill isn't the best. Here is a great link to get your started on feeding.

library/feeding/feeding-your-puffers/

Go to your local grocery store and pick of some raw, frozen, no additives seafood. Shrimp with shell, mussel on half shell ect.

Thanks a lot. Right now I have a 92 corner tank. When I bought him the LFS said he was a dog face puffer. Well after posting pics I found out he was not, and that he was a stars and stripes. I will be upgrading to a 300 gallon tank next year. He is 5 inches right now. Thanks a for the link, I will start reading it now LOL.

The foot print of a corner tank isn't the greatest. You might of been able to make due with it for a dogface ( wish the LFS would get their fish ID right). You really are going to have to get that larger tank before next year, not necessarily a 300 gallon but I am sure he/she would love it. As mentioned before they grow quick. Puffers put out a large bio load and can stunt easily in a small tank, thus shortening their life span considerable.

trekenk wrote:The foot print of a corner tank isn't the greatest. You might of been able to make due with it for a dogface ( wish the LFS would get their fish ID right). You really are going to have to get that larger tank before next year, not necessarily a 300 gallon but I am sure he/she would love it. As mentioned before they grow quick. Puffers put out a large bio load and can stunt easily in a small tank, thus shortening their life span considerable.

Yeah, at the time I wasn't looking for a puffer. So I really took their word for it when they said this guy would be fine for my tank. They really pissed me off, instead of getting rid of him, I am going to upgrade. If I have to sooner than later....that's fine with me. I wanna make sure he has a good home and is happy. 200 gallon is the smallest I wanna go, but I think I can get a really good deal on a 300. Again thanks for all your help.

Actually the DF puffer is in the Arothron family of fishes, which is the same for your puffer: ug.php/v/PufferPedia/Marine/A_Hispidus/ ... 8d46a1edae

Ok I read the link about feeding my puffer, he states all the different kinds of foods to feed him. It doesn't say how often though, do you guys feed your puffers everyday, or every other day?

BTW, I'm starting him on 3 freeze dried krill every other day. It doesn't seem like enough though. I'm going to the store Wednesday and picking up some frozen food for him...silversides and shrimp.