New Tetraodon Baileyi w/ pics

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Angler;1998784; said:
According to some threads on here, as well as sources from the internet, this species is rare in the hobby (although some members on here from the threads I could find disagree). I dropped $149 on the fish. This damn expensive hobby.
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Thanks for the info. Are there any other puffers that can be mistaken for these? An LFS near me has two, asking £18 ($36 approx) for one or £29 ($58) for the two, which seemed too cheap to me when I first spotted them.
 
I am not real familiar with puffers. Pufferpunk would probably be able to tel you if there are puffers that can be mistaken for these. check out **************.com for some good info too.
 
Most of the lurkers look/behave similarly but the baileyi isn't called the "Hairy" puffer for no reason... it has skin tabs all over it's body.
 
Cichlas;1999260; said:
Thanks for the info. Are there any other puffers that can be mistaken for these? An LFS near me has two, asking £18 ($36 approx) for one or £29 ($58) for the two, which seemed too cheap to me when I first spotted them.
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I wouldn't go on price alone.

I'm in Toronto and I paid 10 CDN for my Fahaka, $30 for my T. Murius.

Have seen some sort of 3 inch Target puffer for 39 and small ceylon & green spotted for 8 dollars each.

I think thats priced about right.

Porcupines run about 40 dollars here... so 149 is a pretty high mark up
 
Although lurkers have been knownt to breed, they are best kept seperated except for the spawning & then seperated again after the act.
 
Pufferpunk;2000106; said:
Most of the lurkers look/behave similarly but the baileyi isn't called the "Hairy" puffer for no reason... it has skin tabs all over it's body.
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Yea, the hairly appendages are not way visible on my T. Baileyi. She definitely has them though. When she rests against the bottom and then swims, sand sticks to all the little appendages making them more visible.
 
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