Is this a different puffer? May need ID help...
- CaptainMorgan_SOS
- Figure 8 Puffer
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Is this a different puffer? May need ID help...
So I was looking in my tank today and one of my puffers (there are 13 of them) looks ALOT different than the others... I thought I bought 13 DPs. They were really tiny when I got them, less than 1/2". So check this one out, to me it looks completely different than the others:
But here is what the rest of them look like:
This puffer really doesn't change too much and always looks like this (the top 2 pics). So is it just an extreme color change that this puff has or is it not really a DP and just a juvenile of another kind?
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Blaine
Re: Is this a different puffer? May need ID help...
I have seen quite a bit of variation in the dwarf puffers I have seen....looks awesome.
WOW,...13 DP's would be cool. Like a swarm of bees.
WOW,...13 DP's would be cool. Like a swarm of bees.
- CaptainMorgan_SOS
- Figure 8 Puffer
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45 Gallon planted tank. - Location (country): Virginia, USA
- Location: Hampton, VA United States
Re: Is this a different puffer? May need ID help...
It's pretty cool watching them eat; they swarm on food and play tug-of-war with the bloodworms. Haven't fed them snails yet, still waiting on them to breed in a separate 5 gallon.
So is it normal for one to have such a variance? I have been thinking it is a different kind of puffer, especially since it is always just that one and it doesn't change, but maybe I am wrong.
So is it normal for one to have such a variance? I have been thinking it is a different kind of puffer, especially since it is always just that one and it doesn't change, but maybe I am wrong.
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Srkoe
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Re: Is this a different puffer? May need ID help...
It's a DP
. Quite a pretty little guy! Are those white spots?
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Re: Is this a different puffer? May need ID help...
I say DP too. I have seen ones like the one with the white spots before. Dont know if its genetic or something else but realy makes him different looking though.
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Re: Is this a different puffer? May need ID help...
Looks like an interesting color variant. Keep us updated on this puffer.
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