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Follow up on DP's
Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 5:02 am
by eme8778
They have the Dwarf Puffs at my LPS listed as "Golden BB Puffers" I've heard them called BB puffs before but I was wondering if there were color variations or if the LPS people were just confused, haha... I hadn't heard of any variations, has anyone else? I'll try to get a pic of the little guys tomorrow. Thanks!
Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 8:46 am
by Boxermom
Stores call fish whatever they want to call them. That's what makes things confusing for consumers. If they listed their scientific names, at least we'd have a better idea of what we were getting.
Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 2:09 pm
by Gomez
Are you sure it wasn't a bumble bee goby?
It would be neat though if it was a new species of puff.
Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 2:40 pm
by DarkEntity
Boxer is correct,
Of my 4 local shops dwarf puffers have been called:
Golden Pigmy Puffers
Dwarf Golden Puffers
Striped Golden Dwarf Puffers
Goldern Dwarf Puffer
If shops would use scientific names it would save a load of problems for shoppers.
So, your best bet would be to get a picture and then check the Pufferpedia.
Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 6:27 pm
by eme8778
Yeah, they're little dp's alright, but I guess they just wanted to call them something different... Thanks guys!