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I am a puffer noob so be patient please! haha. I tried looking through pufferpedia but I can find a close match. ID?

I'm no expert but just from comparing pictures it looks closest to a Starry (Arothron stellatus) to me.



I'm hoping I'm wrong due to the LARGE size these guys reach.

*GSP*Fan* wrote:I'm no expert but just from comparing pictures it looks closest to a Starry (Arothron stellatus) to me.



I'm hoping I'm wrong due to the LARGE size these guys reach.

I believe you are correct! Arothron stellatus is also my guess....big puffer

OP, he/she is a lovely looking puffer. Yours?

purplecandle wrote:

*GSP*Fan* wrote:I'm no expert but just from comparing pictures it looks closest to a Starry (Arothron stellatus) to me.



I'm hoping I'm wrong due to the LARGE size these guys reach.

I believe you are correct! Arothron stellatus is also my guess....big puffer

The biggest!

*GSP*Fan* wrote:OP, he/she is a lovely looking puffer. Yours?

The biggest!

No it was donated to my lfs. This guy has a crazy personality. He/She has gotten me interested in puffers, but definitely not this exact species..haha 47" is ridiculous. Its currently housed in a 2k gallon tank with some type of eel, two sharks, and the orange fella in the pic. (my marine knowledge is almost non existent)

Where is this tank? I'm assuming, not your home?

MPG wrote:

*GSP*Fan* wrote:OP, he/she is a lovely looking puffer. Yours?

The biggest!

No it was donated to my lfs. This guy has a crazy personality. He/She has gotten me interested in puffers, but definitely not this exact species..haha 47" is ridiculous. Its currently housed in a 2k gallon tank with some type of eel, two sharks, and the orange fella in the pic. (my marine knowledge is almost non existent)

Wow. Thats a large tank, certainly needed for a puffer that can reach 3ft+. Bet thats nice to look at, I find myself staring at mine and its just a 60g.

My marine knowledge isn't the best either, I just started my Marine tank about 8 months or so ago after getting into puffers. I think that orange fella is some sort of squirrel fish. I've browsed through every category on many sites of marine fish and the eyes are what make me say squirrel fish.

Pufferpunk wrote:Where is this tank? I'm assuming, not your home?

Nope, at my local Big Al's

Beautiful Puffer

I hope that's a display tank & the puffer's NOT FS.

Pufferpunk wrote:I hope that's a display tank & the puffer's NOT FS.

Yes, Display tank. Not for sale.