Afrikan

You lucky man Ira.... :lol:

Who is aslan? Excuse my ignorance... :lol: The only aslan I remember was the one off The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe Rolf is just gorgeous... how big is he?

:lol: :lol: :lol: I think I just might

Some fish don't need to be taught to jump out of the water to grab food.... get yourself a greedy Oscar, they will happily volunteer to do it without coaxing of any kind :lol: :lol:

I just knew that would be asked :lol: Too much to get my head around tonight... :lol:

Thanks guys... I just can't believe how much they have matured, I got them as such little babes and has been fun to watch them grow with time. They were some of the last lot that craig and shell sold just before they headed overseas to live. callum - Bert would be about 20cm now... and they are growing pretty rapidly.. it's amazing...

Gannet - This is the species we have Arothron hispidus... tinytawnykitten - We used to have freshwater puffers, little Dwarf Indian Puffers, they were great They were definate freshwater species. Haven't seen them come into the country since 8) henward - Yes he is in saltwater, and yeap that is a young Niger Triggerfish with him, he's just awesome too

We had 2100 L in the house, and we have just gone down to around 1400 L in the house... 8) The rest of the litreage is out in the fish shed, and I am not going out there to add all of that up :lol: 8)

Oh awesome Brad, will get in touch over some books 8)

Thanks guys.. livingart, you may want to make it a midnight raid... my dog is often outside during the day but tuckered out inside at night :lol: Just a tip :lol: 8) The stars and stripes gets to around 51cm in the wild but about half that in captivity... have seen bigger than 25cm in captivity tho, so guess all depends on the fish and feeding. They are wicked to keep, those nashers are deadly tho :lol: It all depends on what species of puffer you want to keep tinytawnykitten... and how big your tank is, you would need a pretty large tank to house two stars n stripes, they can be territorial and snappy over food 8)

Thanks Lynnie and definately as Johannes says, don't give you, you will have some in no time I am sure 8)

I took a pic of Bert and one his ladies last night, the way they are together is so beautiful and graceful, he's a real gentleman... Just thought I would share...

Oh well I'm not sure I even meant my own... :lol: Yet maybe I would part with a kidney on the black market... 8)

He would be about 20cm, only a baby. We just call him PD.. stands for Puff Daddy.. PD much easier and cuter abbrev name.

Eric was already named :lol: PD and Snoop were named by us.

I would sell some body parts to get some of those little critters... :lol: 8)

I haven't seen them, wishing that they were tho, I was looking at them a while ago now wishing they were amongst our collection :lol:

Thought I would download some pics of my baby in this section, as I reckon he and his mates are unusual enough :lol: They are in a holding tank in the fish shed, till they come inside in a couple of months 8) Here is a pic of Puff Daddy and his crew... Puff Daddy Niger Trigger... Snoop Eric - Koran Angel

Yeah they must have imported two seperate species in huh... :roll: Will keep my eyes peeled for you down this way.

Heya Check these two links out that I found ages ago.. as I asked myself the same question... One species is the T. fluviatilis - Large spaced spots. http://puffernet.tripod.com/fluviatilis.html And the other... T. nigroviridus... if you enlarge pic on that one, you will see the spots are more closely knitted together like your one. http://www.aquatic-hobbyist.com/profiles/brackish/gsp.html

DavidR... I haven't got any pics of him myself, however, could arrange getting one. This fish was in a large tank, very happy so it seemed until one day he just snapped, maybe he was going through a midlife crisis... :lol:

Jags can be aggressive even singularly... depends on the individual fish... guess it a case of trial and error...

I agree with livingart... I think it would most certainly cost you your fellow

Well there is one available down this way very good colour, male... I know the guy that owns it however it really lives up to it's name.... :lol: Has killed a Texas, Jack Dempsey, 2 Oscars... and a Plec... :roll: He was fine with these fish until oneday he decided to go on a killing spree when our friend was at work... He is now in permanent solitary confinement at East Side State Penitentiary... :lol: He has broken 2 heaters of late and swipes them off the side and rams them around tank... so heater covers a must.. Just be aware, this one snapped after being so content with his tank mates. We have bred them and our pair was pretty laid back, but we had another male, as spare, and he was down right rotten too.

I wouldn't keep Blue Dempseys in with a gang like that... JMO.. I not sure I would have kept my normal lot in with a gang like that :lol: :lol: