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African Starry Puffer
Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 2:34 pm
by monsterpuffer
One of the local LFS has an add for two of these on their website. $99 each - I'm probably going to stop by after work to see if I can figure out what they are. I'm guessing its a Stars and Stripes (Arothron hispidus ) or if I'm lucky it might be a Starry Puffer (Arothron Stellatus) - although they get quite large so I dont think you would see them in the aquarium trade. I need crayfish as well so it works out.
MP
Re: African Starry Puffer
Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 5:32 pm
by Torm
monsterpuffer wrote:One of the local LFS has an add for two of these on their website. $99 each - I'm probably going to stop by after work to see if I can figure out what they are. I'm guessing its a Stars and Stripes (Arothron hispidus ) or if I'm lucky it might be a Starry Puffer (Arothron Stellatus) - although they get quite large so I dont think you would see them in the aquarium trade. I need crayfish as well so it works out.
MP
Arothron Stellatus can be found in the aquarium trade - just not very often. A friend has one. He's just beautiful!
Take a look.
It's not the kind of fish you can see every day in a LFS.
Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 5:56 pm
by Phaedrus
wow, nice fish. Too bad it's a blurry picture
Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 6:49 pm
by lisalisa
That GSP looks SO tiny beside him!
Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 8:12 pm
by Tihsho
lisalisa wrote:That GSP looks SO tiny beside him!
I didn't scroll over that far to notice him! BTW lisa oyur so right about the size!
Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 9:50 pm
by Phaedrus
Ha!, i never noticed either.
Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 11:19 pm
by perek
Well that is a Juvi GSP, so it prolly isnt more than 2 inches.
Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2006 12:28 pm
by Torm
The picture is blurry because it's taken by my mobile phone with a 1.3 Mpixel camera.
The GSP is about 3 inches if I remember correct. Arothron Stellatus is around 10 inches in this photo. It's colours are really cool when he's young, don't you agree?
Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2006 12:50 pm
by Torm
Here are 2 more pics.
Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2006 1:05 pm
by Phaedrus
very nice
Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2006 1:12 pm
by YBeNormal
Torm,
Please resize your pics to be no more than 800 pixels in any direction.
Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2006 1:15 pm
by Phaedrus
Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2006 3:13 pm
by Torm
OK. I'll resize the pics ASAP
Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2006 3:58 pm
by Torm
Mission accomplished.
Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2006 3:58 pm
by Phaedrus
Thanks. Large pics can be a pain for anyone on dialup, or with a low resolution.