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#21 ice

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Posted 21 April 2012 - 08:19 AM

From what I've read they are actually a decent community fish and they won't attack crustaceans over about 4cm! I'll be putting both of those theories to the test soon smile.gif

#22 sydad

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Posted 21 April 2012 - 08:56 PM


In my experience, no puffers can be considered good community tank candidates. They eventually harass all other tank mates even if initially appearing to accept them.

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#23 Juls

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Posted 11 May 2012 - 08:37 PM

They would be pretty nippy with other fish I reckon,

You could try Swan river gobys, I reckon they would eat hardyheads so prob not a option.

Definately get some kind of salinity test they won't survive indefinitely in freshwater, but should cope for several months without salt.

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#24 Bsearcher

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Posted 21 May 2012 - 02:18 PM

I've kept a few different puffers and they are seriously bad tankmates for anything! fantastic little guys with loads of personality, just be sure to keep them in pretty brackish water, they'll be fine for a few weeks in fresh but will get internal/external fungal infections eventually and they won't live long. Kept in nice salty water and they'll be great snail disposal units for years and years! smile.gif

#25 Terry

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Posted 26 May 2012 - 07:46 AM

Per Magic have more puffers in stock

#26 ice

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Posted 26 May 2012 - 07:48 AM

Spotty or striped?

#27 Mattymak

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Posted 26 May 2012 - 11:33 AM

haha they are awesome man, id love to check em out sometime smile.gif crunching away at snails!

#28 Anka

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Posted 03 June 2012 - 02:36 PM

need more pics :3

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#29 oscar m

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Posted 03 June 2012 - 03:32 PM

Yea Iv seen these little guys at my big LFS the guy there told me there brackish fish I can't rember the proper name for them tho but they are pritty cool little dudes and can be quite nasty to other fish so ther better of in a tank buy them selfs or with other brackish puffers the same size or bigger

#30 malawiman85

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Posted 04 February 2017 - 06:37 AM

Recently purchased two little freshwater (I suspect they are actually brackish) puffer fish (9cm). I was told they were natives but the shop knew nothing much else about them. They were sold to me as Banded Puffer Fish but I suspect they are Marilyna Darwinii or something very similar. I'll try to get some photos of them tonight, very cool little fish and super active. For the mean time though heres a link i found on google of what they look like.http://www.premierpe...s/ANP775-10.jpgDoes anyone know where these fish might have come from or have any information on them? Any other fish shops come across anything similar on their supply lists?Wouldnt mind getting a couple more for a puffer display tank in the new place!


Sorry to necro this thread but how did the puffers go?

#31 ice

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Posted 04 February 2017 - 08:49 AM

They were great little fish but they were ruthlessly aggressive with each other and I ended up with only one left which I sold. Definitely need to be kept in a brackish environment as the moment they were compromised or stressed they would get an infection and die in a very short period of time. It was great fun feeding them MTS and hearing them crunch them up :)




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