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#1 Fox

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Posted 18 April 2007 - 07:45 AM

Has anyone seen any freshwater / Brackish Puffers in WA?

I saw one a few years back in Tassie but have never seen one since.

#2 alec

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Posted 18 April 2007 - 09:49 AM

i saw some in vebas once back when harry was the owner

i have never seen puffers for sale anywhere else :?

#3 ChRiS_06

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Posted 18 April 2007 - 10:05 AM

City barn in malaga had some. They were $14 [well thats what he would give it to me for]. But the guy there took some home and they just died so i didnt bother getting any.

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#4 DR14GoNF14SH

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Posted 18 April 2007 - 01:46 PM

yeh ive seen them at quite a few fish shops lately... but yeh, dont think they're going to last in fresh water...

#5 Fox

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Posted 18 April 2007 - 03:42 PM

I have heard that.
Ive always known them to be brack water fish.
Thanks for the feedback..

#6 MONSTAF1SH

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Posted 18 April 2007 - 05:25 PM

Just bought some banded puffers recently from midland aquariums wouldnt advise keping them in freshwater better keep them in brackish mine are not doing so good, reckon they'll be dead soon! :?

#7 SynoAngel

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Posted 18 April 2007 - 06:50 PM

Vebas had a few a week ago.

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#8 Fox

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Posted 18 April 2007 - 08:37 PM

Im having a disagrement on another forum about this.

I have always known Puffers to be brack water fish. even though they call them F/W puffers.

This person is saying they can & will survive in F/W no problem.

But Ive always known them to die qiuckly in Fresh.

Comments?

#9 Terry

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Posted 18 April 2007 - 09:22 PM

Midland have more puffers arriving on Friday, the last lot sold out very quickly. Some were purchased by staff and are being kept in fresh water.

Cheers Terry

#10 kuhni

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Posted 20 April 2007 - 12:48 PM

There are Puffers that are FW, they are very popular in the uk, as I found out on tropical fish forums. There are a variety of dwarf puffers which will live in FW only. The Most common being the "dwarf puffer" which grows to around an inch or so.

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Posted 20 April 2007 - 02:48 PM

(MONSTAF1SH)
Just bought some banded puffers recently from midland aquariums wouldnt advise keping them in freshwater better keep them in brackish mine are not doing so good, reckon they'll be dead soon! :?


Add some salt

#12 Iamsam

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Posted 20 April 2007 - 05:17 PM

yeah aqaurium artist just got a shipment in and i really wanted to by them but now yous are saying there brakish. what would the salt level be at for them?

#13 Tucunare

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Posted 20 April 2007 - 07:23 PM

Hey AZ, bay had em mate, thats why there everywhere now, nothing like pignosed or mbu, which i think you maybe refering to

#14 Terry

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Posted 22 April 2007 - 10:27 PM

I posted some info on these puffers on the ANGFA Forum.
Cheers Terry

#15 MONSTAF1SH

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Posted 23 April 2007 - 11:23 PM

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yeah aqaurium artist just got a shipment in and i really wanted to by them but now yous are saying there brakish. what would the salt level be at for them?


Saw some banded puffers at pet magic doing well in freshwater been in their tanks for about two weeks, 30 or 35 dollars they're 10 or so dollars cheaper at Midland Aquariums also looking well, until i brought them home :?.

Don't think my water conditions are going to good for them, you'd probably have better luck.

#16 2FasT-2FuriouS

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Posted 23 April 2007 - 11:26 PM

i had mine for two weeks still all alive but not eating anyfing else but brine shrimp and blood worms...fussy fish but great personality

#17 Iamsam

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Posted 24 April 2007 - 11:25 AM

does anyone know the scientific name of these as ive been doing my research ( laugh.gif laugh.gif ) and ive found a number of different puffer species some being freshwater some being Brackish. this site has a list of the scientific names and wither there freshwater or Brackish but it uses
scientific names.
http://www.thetropic...ndx/puffers.htm


thanks
sam

#18 BiGz

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Posted 25 June 2007 - 06:18 PM

From what I hear most fresh water fish such as cichlids like salt to some degree so I guess it would be possible to keep the puffers happy along with say cichlids? Just I'm keen on getting a puffer an would like to keep it wth other fish such as arowana, P bass etc

Just checked the above link and noticed that banded puffers are fresh water, so I take it they must be extremely tempremental. What other "true" FW puffers aside from banded can we get here?




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