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VioXiD
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Species question!

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I have just got 7 puffers.
My friend has treated them badly. So I take it away from him.
I should give some of them away to serious ppl. Who know have to treat a puffer.
So I need to know what species they are.

Is it Tetraodon abei?
Or Tetraodon cochinchinensis?
Or maybe the 7 puffers are different species...

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We'd love to know more, what size tank are they in, how long did he have them, how big are they?
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Post by Hilly »

They're not Abei. I like their colouration though.
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My 1st guess would be T turgidus.
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Post by Corvus »

T. cochinchinensis or T. turgidus, depends on which diagnostic traits you prefer and if they are really separate species.
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Post by Rocker »

To me they look like a combination of cochinchinensis and turgidus.

Hard to be definate from the pics though.
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Post by Myaj »

Similar to turgidus, but the nose doesn't look right.

Are they very small and young maybe?

Figure freshwater, get to about 6" or so.
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Post by VioXiD »

oh.
Maybe cochinchinensis or turgidus then...
But the big diffrence between them is that one just gets 7cm and the other 15cm?
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Post by VanillaShake311 »

Awww they are sooo cute. I wouldn't mind taking one off your hands if your looking to find them homes? hehe......

Good job rescueing them though. Really awesome of you to do that and find out the information on them and be responsible.
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Post by VioXiD »

VanillaShake311 wrote:Awww they are sooo cute. I wouldn't mind taking one off your hands if your looking to find them homes? hehe......

Good job rescueing them though. Really awesome of you to do that and find out the information on them and be responsible.
Sure... I have 4 left. But its a long way to Dallas from Sweden :/
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Post by VioXiD »

Nick wrote:We'd love to know more, what size tank are they in, how long did he have them, how big are they?
I did get (take away) them for two weeks ago.

Now i have four left in a 167 liter (44g?) tank.
pH: 7.5 (I'm gonna get it lower)
Nitrite: 0
gH: 9
kH: 6
Temp: 25 C

They are about 5-6 cm (2 inches?).

I have also created a snail tank (45 liter).
They eat shrimp (both whit and whit out shell), ox-heart, red mosquito worms, and different snails. And some times alive fish.
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Post by Pufferpunk »

The pH is fine. Don't bother lowering it. How are the nitrates?
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