Puffer fish

[lmsmith]

I know there have been lots of posts about puffers, but I've just seen some in my LPS and have wanted them forever.

So,

green spotted puffers are tetraodon nigrogiridis, born in FW, need to be kept on increasingly brackish water as they get older and grow about 12cm long, right?

F8s (T. biocellatus) are about halfthe size and still BW right?

Now, I've also read about T. shoutedeni, Congo puffers which look the same as GSPs but have more spines? They are exclusively FW. Does anyone know anything about them? Can we get them here? How do you tell the difference? And which type should I get?

[mickey_1975]

Hey ya, I had some brazillian puffers once. They are the best ones to have, so lively and active. Sadly I dont think you can get them in NZ anymore

[Dixon1990]

Hey ya, I had some brazillian puffers once. They are the best ones to have, so lively and active. Sadly I dont think you can get them in NZ anymore

Im pretty sure they are still on the import list, but you just have to find someone to track some down and import them.

If i could i would get a few brazilian ones too

[Rozski]

Theres puffers up in the LFS here in Palmy Nth too. A figure 8 and a spotted. They can get more in too if people want them. Very cool wee fish :bounce:

[Navarre]

Dwarf puffers are availabel in a few shops here at the moment

[lmsmith]

Thanks, I've got some new ones now