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Ding Dang Do i must have been a good boy my partner is letting me set up another tank [ordered already before she has a change of heart] so i have decided to use my new tank to put in the SAPs [thanks everyone for the great advice] and use my existing [30g US] for a single specimen of either tetraodon abei or tetraodon baileyi and once again im wondering what you guys think ?


Cheers Hot Rod

Depends on your personal preference. Abei's are smaller but a lot more active than a Baileyi.

I would choose an abei, but thats because I already have a baileyi

Both have great personalities I found when I did have an abei, but it depends on whether you would like an active fish or not

Thanks guys think i will go with the abei not really bothered about size and the kids take a big interest in my tanks so a more active fish would be better.
Can anyone help me out with any infomation other than whats in the PufferPedia ? + any idea where i can find one in the uk found the baileyi but no joy with the abei

Cheers Hot Rod

Try BAS in Bolton, PM Browncloud, he should be able to tell you if they've got any and they ship.

Cheers Hilly will give them a try, not sure what you mean by PM Browncloud [new to this can you tell ha ha]

Find a post by the member here Browncloud, and click on the little "PM" button. PM stands for "personal message".

Cool cheers guys think im getting the hang of this now ha ha.

Hi

I'm late on this thread, just wondered what the outcome was ?? I ask because I had the same dilema, I went with the abei and am well pleased with the decision.

I got mine from a store in Canterbury, the baby abei cost £6.00 !!!!! they have 2 x hairy's there at present and they are £69.95 !!!

Chris

Hi there found a abei but it was a 4 hr drive away and the guy said he was not 100% sure so i ended up going to see browncloud [big thanks mate] at bas and bought myself a great little cochinchinensis [pics to follow] though they did have some lovely baileyi £50 that i was sorely tempted with still not got the sap though think i will have to get 1 of those baileyi

Hot Rod.

What did you think of the store chap, when we walked in me and Fella thought it was massive, only spent an hour and a half there as we had to try and beat the traffic back which failed miserably but damn there are a lot of tanks to look round. Could have spent a lot more time there.

How's the Fangs doing, any pics?

You guys are all so lucky to be able to find puffers near you!!!! I call stores and they usually have the usual assortment of dp's, fig8 and gsp, with the dps being the only ones that look halfway decent!!! The closest one usually has both gsp and fig8's labeled as fig8's...ugh. I lucked in to the modestus and the suvatti (that came home from PA with me) and the store I got the modestus will probably never get anymore puffers since the 3 "fangi" puffs they had are still sitting there, it has been over 2 months! I have never been able to see the puffs well enough to even guess what they truly are, except they are beat to hell and I can't believe they are still alive!

Hilly the store was cool so much to see i was like a kid in a sweet shop could have bought a years worth of fish in 1 afternoon def going back for a return trip once i get a few more tanks setup, a baileyi and a pair of salivtors mmm
Not got any pics sorted yet though working on it, on a different note did pic up a nice pair of lorteti today though.

Hot Rod.

Dude pics of the Lorteti are mandatory, you can get them shoved in the PufferPedia and stop the Lorteti fans banging on about lack of a Lorteti profile.

Looking forward to the pics and you do now realise don't you that the puffer addiction has firmly took hold of you. There is no escape, muhaha.

Ha ha tell me about it not going down very well with the other half when i come home from work with yet another tank, will get some pics sorted out asap.

Hot Rod.