The Puffer Forum

i know these arent freshwater, but i juss saw a very active one at petland. they were selling it for about 9$ and other kinds of puffers too. i asked the guy and he said itz in a freshwater tank, no brakish or salt. i was wondering if it's possible to raise these guys in freshwater forever?

They tend to die in captivity.
Various water conditions and tanks have been tried, but little luck.
I think one member (midgetwaiter?) has been successful.
Try doing a search for posts on ocellatus.

moving this to BW puffers.

so should i go buy this guy and see what happends. this guy is very aggressive and active in the tank it was in. it was with figure 8's and a couple other puffs that i dont know of. more than half the puffers in this tank is teared.

I believe midgetwaiter was keeping his ocellatus in cooler water (around mid 70's). I am trying to keep my temp up to that range but the apt. get so freakin' hot and I have a fan blowing across the water to cool it down.

SO far so good. Unlike other species of puffs that I have kept, this one grows very fast...doubling in size in less than 2 months.

They are aggressive as heck though towards other puffs and seems to ignore other fish.

GL


Js

Oh yeah....I have mine is pure marine condition.


Js