Hi, first let me introduce myself being as this is my first post. I live in San Diego and have been keeping fish about 3 years now. First a community tank, which got moved to another room, then a full African Cichlid tank which I kept for a long time and then was adopted by a friend when I decided I needed a change. I started looking around on what to fill me big empty tank with and nothing really struck my interest.
Then, I found one. A Fahaka puffer, Tetraodon Lineatus. Beautiful fish. The more research the did the more I fell in love. I completely understand this fish gets a house all to himself. I know tankmates is a no no, and I also know that when he gets a bit bigger he will need a house upgrade. He would be starting out in a big enough tank though, Im not cramming him in a 30, I know better haha. The more research I do, the more pictures and videos I see of these happy healthy puffers, the more I know I gotta have one.
Herein lies the problem. I simply cant find one anywhere. My local fish shop put me on a list 2 weeks ago to no avail, and every other fish store I have traveled to within a 100 mile radius either "Cant get one," "Refuses to get one," "Or can only get them in bags of 50 which means NO!" Serious bummer to me, as I have a big empty tank setup waiting for its new arrival.
So, I resorted to google, found this site, and found a few online retailers. Out of the few I found no one has any, and the one that does have one is already 8 inches (thefishbowl). I really would like a baby one so that I can watch and record its growth and keep it with me throughout its lifespan. Not something that's already big and set in its ways.
Any help finding one would be greatly appreciated, or even some info as to how come I just cant seem to come across one right now. I understand the fish stores predicament, if you end up with 50 of them and sell 2 or 3 you have a lot of tanks needing to be set up for individual fish because I know they will kill everything and each other.
Thanks for the help everyone, and I hope my first post is decent enough to be worthy of some replies!
Then, I found one. A Fahaka puffer, Tetraodon Lineatus. Beautiful fish. The more research the did the more I fell in love. I completely understand this fish gets a house all to himself. I know tankmates is a no no, and I also know that when he gets a bit bigger he will need a house upgrade. He would be starting out in a big enough tank though, Im not cramming him in a 30, I know better haha. The more research I do, the more pictures and videos I see of these happy healthy puffers, the more I know I gotta have one.
Herein lies the problem. I simply cant find one anywhere. My local fish shop put me on a list 2 weeks ago to no avail, and every other fish store I have traveled to within a 100 mile radius either "Cant get one," "Refuses to get one," "Or can only get them in bags of 50 which means NO!" Serious bummer to me, as I have a big empty tank setup waiting for its new arrival.
So, I resorted to google, found this site, and found a few online retailers. Out of the few I found no one has any, and the one that does have one is already 8 inches (thefishbowl). I really would like a baby one so that I can watch and record its growth and keep it with me throughout its lifespan. Not something that's already big and set in its ways.
Any help finding one would be greatly appreciated, or even some info as to how come I just cant seem to come across one right now. I understand the fish stores predicament, if you end up with 50 of them and sell 2 or 3 you have a lot of tanks needing to be set up for individual fish because I know they will kill everything and each other.
Thanks for the help everyone, and I hope my first post is decent enough to be worthy of some replies!
