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which puffer to get?
Posted: Sun May 29, 2011 10:23 am
by alexj
hi am am looking to get a puffer in my 500 litre cube an it was a toss up between a masked or golden puffer just dont know which to get and does anyone have any idea on prices? would love to have the two but theyd rip each other apart
and also how big are they when their fins stop being so tranparent?
Re: which puffer to get?
Posted: Sun May 29, 2011 11:21 am
by Black Widow
alexj wrote:hi am am looking to get a puffer in my 500 litre cube an it was a toss up between a masked or golden puffer just dont know which to get and does anyone have any idea on prices? would love to have the two but theyd rip each other apart
and also how big are they when their fins stop being so tranparent?
Golden Puffers are rare and so expect to pay between £250 - £350 for one depening on size! The masked puffer aka Panda Puffer is alot cheaper @ £65 - £80 for one. Personally 500L is the space required for just one of these puffers, you could however keep both of these puffers together in a 750L - 1000L tank dependent on size of puffer specimens. Also with the right size tank both of these puffers will get on well together as they are dogface puffers, this coming from
Personal Experience of keeping two dogface puffers in the same tank
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Re: which puffer to get?
Posted: Sun May 29, 2011 12:54 pm
by trekenk
Welcome to The Puffer Forum.
If by golden puffer you mean Arothron meleagris/Guineafowl Puffer your 500 lt (135 gallon) tank is to small. There is a colour varient of the dog face which is golden but as Walrus Head said they are rare, expensive and hard to come by. The cube tank doesn't have the best foot print for the larger puffers. Most of us at The Puffer Forum don't recommend mixing puffers especially those of the same species. As junvniles you might have some success but in long term not so much so. Puffers tend to show more aggression as they age.
Re: which puffer to get?
Posted: Sun May 29, 2011 9:32 pm
by stangd1909
A 135 gallon tank is to small for a golden puffer long term. This is a golden puffer in a 275 lol.....and the tank is to small. Awesome puffer though.....
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/attac ... 1305675554
Re: which puffer to get?
Posted: Mon May 30, 2011 9:41 am
by Black Widow
as per the pufferpedia this fish needs 180 US Gallons so how is 275 G too small?
ug.php/v/PufferPedia/Marine/A_Meleagris_001/
Re: which puffer to get?
Posted: Mon May 30, 2011 10:08 am
by stangd1909
Did you see the size of that puffer? It's HUGE! You can clearly see from the pic that a 180 would never be big enough for that puffer.
Re: which puffer to get?
Posted: Mon May 30, 2011 10:15 am
by trekenk
You have to be a member of reef central to view that video.
Re: which puffer to get?
Posted: Mon May 30, 2011 10:27 am
by Pufferpunk
Yep, I'm banned forever from there...
Re: which puffer to get?
Posted: Mon May 30, 2011 10:29 am
by stangd1909
Pufferpunk wrote:Yep, I'm banned forever from there...
Why? Thats crazy!
Re: which puffer to get?
Posted: Mon May 30, 2011 10:31 am
by stangd1909
Here is the pic....he's huge! A very awesome fish!
Re: which puffer to get?
Posted: Mon May 30, 2011 10:39 am
by xrayjeeper83
hahah PP how'd you manage to get banned?
Re: which puffer to get?
Posted: Mon May 30, 2011 11:24 am
by trekenk
Wow he is a big boy, beautiful fish. You have to keep in mind that tank sizes listed in the puffer pedia are bare minium and there are always times when even these sizes list are not adequate as seen in the photo that stangd1909 posted.
Re: which puffer to get?
Posted: Mon May 30, 2011 11:49 am
by stangd1909
They get big lol....They have a Bass Pro Shop if Ft. Myers Fl, in the back they have a 12000 gallon saltwater fish tank. Some girl donated her Stars and Stripes puffer and her Golden Puffer because they got to big for her 800 gallon tank. They are insanely awesome LOL...the S&S is 24 inches and the golden is almost 26 inches they said. Just crazy...I will take a good pic next time I go and post it. The tank is really cool....
Re: which puffer to get?
Posted: Mon May 30, 2011 2:44 pm
by Black Widow
stangd1909 wrote:Here is the pic....he's huge! A very awesome fish!
THIS TANK IS NOT 275 GALLONS BEING A CORNER TANK. Also the tank shape is not suitable for any dogface puffer, btw I have the black and white version of this puffer @ 4 " long
Re: which puffer to get?
Posted: Mon May 30, 2011 4:19 pm
by trekenk
Hard to tell by that picture but that isn't necessarily a corner tank ( it could just be put kiddy corner against the wall). Hard to tell so I don't know but judging by the Naso tang in there IF it is full grown that is a larger tank. I do maintance on a 275 gallon that is shaped just like that tank but is flat on the back ( not a corner tank) and place flat against the wall.