davidb

awesome puffers mate!

i'll see if i can get ya some

wow i wouldn't say no to one of those in my house!!!

the ones at auckland zoo are currently about 20 cm and apparently they are still growing. One of mine is alot more secretive than the other- it spends all its time behind the rocks but the other one likes darting around. They spend most of their time near the bottom but one of mine (the less secretive) often sits up by the overflow at nigh time

sure. I have two and keep them with a f.w cray. they are in a pretty big tank 19 degrees celcius and like gobbling up mealworms. They are quite secretive I find, and I have a few big rocks for them to hide behind, buth they are excellent swimmers. Mine are about 8-10 cm long at present.

yes his mouth does look suprisingly like a caiman's. Perhaps thats what happens if you breed fish with reptiles...

oooh i feel sorry for the poor little thing

it says on http://filaman.ifm-geomar.de/Summary/Sp ... hp?id=3845 that these fish are brackish/reef associated fish. I dunno what it means by that- as you say they are fresh/brackish fish... They do have a high resilience so see how it goes

hey there fishy_t. I'm loving your puffer. I was actually thinking about getting some brackish puffers myself but your puffer looks amazing. What are your tank specs and where did you get your little baby frow/how much was he (her)?

yeah I have inaga's, giant kocupu and a fw cray and they are all awesome.

bluetac doesn't really stick underwater- they say it does but... hot glue gun glue is not very good if you are glueing something to the glass- as it doesn't readily stick to the glass- it does work for sticking other things together- rocks, pipes etc- although I don't find it as strong as silicone. I use sealys glass and have had no problems with it.

Ooh- I have found one : http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing ... d=77579980 I hope the price isn't going to rocket though- it probably will!

Im not sure about the sand. what I find best is large gravel. Its attractive and my axo's cannot fit it in their mouth! They do try though!!

great thanks for your help feelers

Well I wasn't planning on going corals anytime soon. I was thinking using alot of rock and maybe a bit of wood. Can I use wood in a marine tank or only a brakish? I could use that fake wood stuff. I would probarbly get a new tank if I wanted to get corals.

oh what about this one? http://www.trademe.co.nz/Home-living/Pe ... 173864.htm it is 180 litres, and has 2x fluval 204's= 1360 L an hour. If I got an internal filter I could bump that up to 1800L an hour... what do you guys think? or would I be best getting a sump?

the only 2 tanks in Auckland on trademe at the moment are http://www.trademe.co.nz/Home-living/Pe ... 329500.htm which is a bit expensive- It is prob worth it but i'm not gonna pay $1200 for a tank for my puffers, is that a refugium in the sump by the way? the other one is this: http://www.trademe.co.nz/Home-living/Pe ... 701216.htm 640 litres is waaay to big though- I could have 6 puffers in there :lol: It would also require a strong stand...

oh great thanks alot. i was thinking would it be best to: a) wait round til someone has a good tank/sump combo on trademe b) get one custom made c) neither of the above. Haha I don't want to spend too much money-being a student, oh and do you know how much puffers normally sell for?

well that is what I would have liked to have done from the word go but I wave been reading that it takes quite a few months to slowly increase the salt concentration, because of course you have to start with the salt concentration which they have at the shop... or am I wrong? living in a brakish environment I would have thought they would be able to adjust quite easially to the changing salt concentrations with tidal fluctuations... or am I wrong again

but I cannot get corals until I go full marine can I? i was thinking that while the tank was brakish I would have lots of rocks and wood and maybe some long stringy plastic plants if they looked realistic enough and then I would have dim lighting in order to go for the mangrove effect. I would then be able to hide a wave maker or something at the back to get the water moving. I would use a sand base and maybe 1 internal power filter and one external canister filter if it was big enough. Then when my puffers needed to go marine I would get some live rock, soft corals, a sump and make a tricle filter from pump to sump, and maybe add a carbon filter in the sump. Having a sump would tidy up the tank also because I would be able to stick heaters and a skimmer etc in there. Well thats my plan. Tell me what you think. Thanks alot

Hey guys thanks for the advice. I think i will just get 2 gsp's or 2 figure 8's and a 150L tank or something so I don't have to bother upgrading the tank when they grow. What do you recommend in terms of filters, powerheads etc for the fish when they are brakish. I know you need the water cycled 10x an hour so do you think 2 external filters would do the trick or should I think about getting a sump? Oh yeah and do I need a skimmer or does that wait till the puffers are fully marine?

I'm looking at maybe getting a Aqua 1 AR620 (About 90 Ltrs). Would this be sweet for 3 puffers (Green spotted puffers or figure 8 puffers)

So you don't think it is a good idea to get the jebo?

Hey all, I have several freshwater tanks and lots of amphibian tanks and really want to get a brakish tank with pufferfishes. Does anyone know where you can get green spotted puffers or figure 8 puffers in Auckland? There is an auction for a Jebo 338 tank on Trademe with 2x green spotted puffers and a mono- I would have thought one would have needed a tank alot larger than 40L for these three fish. What do you guys think? I was thinking I could start from scratch with a 120L tank with 3 puffers or a 180L or so tank with 2 puffers and a couple of archers or mono's or scats? Any Input would be great. Thanks alot David B

I have never actually owned a golden before but I am 99% sure they can see fine and that yes- they do have golden eyes