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Species question!
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 4:18 pm
by VioXiD
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...
Some Pictures...
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 5:29 pm
by Nick
We'd love to know more, what size tank are they in, how long did he have them, how big are they?
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 6:02 pm
by Hilly
They're not Abei. I like their colouration though.
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 6:06 pm
by Pufferpunk
My 1st guess would be T turgidus.
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 2:31 am
by Corvus
T. cochinchinensis or T. turgidus, depends on which diagnostic traits you prefer and if they are really separate species.
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 2:34 am
by Rocker
To me they look like a combination of cochinchinensis and turgidus.
Hard to be definate from the pics though.
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 3:02 pm
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.
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 5:24 pm
by VioXiD
oh.
Maybe cochinchinensis or turgidus then...
But the big diffrence between them is that one just gets 7cm and the other 15cm?
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 5:50 pm
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.
Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 5:07 am
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 :/
Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 5:34 am
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.
Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 11:01 am
by Pufferpunk
The pH is fine. Don't bother lowering it. How are the nitrates?