The Puffer Forum

I went to my LFS today. Everything was looking normal. I saw the usual puffers that are always there. Then I walked by a 8g nano tank. It had good aquascaping, so I took a peek. I saw a DP hunting for baby snails. Then I took a look around and then noticed a black fish. It looked strange because this black fish has a very light yellow tinted fin and some other colors. Then this black fish followed the DP around the tank. To my surprise, this black fish had almost the same size and shape of the DP. I then asked the employees, and he said that this black fish is also a DP. "it arrived with the batch of DPs that came in recently. we thought he looked cool so we put him in this nana tank."

Has any of you guys seen a black DP before? I didn't have my camera with me, but I will try to get pics later this weekend.

Yes, black dwarf puffers do occur, but it has yet to be clarified if they are just a color variation or a new species. Feel free to get it to study it, so far they are not very common.

Yes, by all means, if you've got the room, please buy it & show us lots of pics!

Corvus wrote:... Feel free to get it to study it...

This...

Pufferpunk wrote:Yes, by all means, if you've got the room, please buy it & show us lots of pics!

And this.

get it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



and post LOTS of pics

Get it out of the nano!!!! And lots of pics...lol!

They won't sell it. I hate those display tanks. Anyways, I don't have any camera that could possibly take pictures of small fish with detail. I kept looking at it today, and this is what I saw



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It had colorful lines running horizontally from eyes to tail. I couldn't really see the underbelly. The back had a small tint of dark green.

i feel like im looking at the actual fish. that photo is really realistic!!! he looks healthy!

I thought you said you couldn't get a picture...

Steal it!

Corvus wrote:Yes, black dwarf puffers do occur, but it has yet to be clarified if they are just a color variation or a new species. Feel free to get it to study it, so far they are not very common.

I wonder what the ratio would be, 1:1000, 1:10,000 etc...

Terrance wrote:They won't sell it. I hate those display tanks. Anyways, I don't have any camera that could possibly take pictures of small fish with detail. I kept looking at it today, and this is what I saw



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It had colorful lines running horizontally from eyes to tail. I couldn't really see the underbelly. The back had a small tint of dark green.

Amazing picture!!! You should enter it into the POTM contest!

so very realistic looking!

awww give the guy a break... I couldn't do better.

Not on a computer anyway

No really...it's cute! It should be his avatar.