NOT ALL PUFFERS ARE BRACKISH..

[Miles]

The only common brackish puffers are Green Spotted Puffers (T. Nigroviridis), and Figure-8 puffers (T. Biocellotus) ..

There are lots of other brackish puffers out there (fugu, sabahensis, cutcutia, etc).. but MAJORITY of the ones other than GSP and F8 are completely FW. I have saved a T. Turgidus from brackish water, as well as dwarf puffers and many others. The number of freshwater puffers is MUCH greater than that of brackish or anadromous puffers.


So please, fishkeepers.. destroy this myth that ALL puffers are brackish! They are DEFINITELY NOT!

 

[davo]

Would have thought pet stores would save to put all of them in freshwater regardless of salinities... they tend to over here.

 

[niblit]

There are a number of awsome FW puffs

 

[tweezlejones]

I am a complete noob to puffers. What is a good beginner freshwater puffer?

 

[deangelo]

had an arrowhead..completely fresh water..very aggressive though with nasty teeth too

 

[Pufferpunk]

Cutcutia is also FW.
See: FW Puffers

 

[Miles]

I was under the impression that T. cutcutia, also known as the Seafrog puffer, can be found in light brackish salinities?

 

[Pufferpunk]

It is listed as one of the "target" species--all FW puffers. Any puffer, FW or SW, can be found visiting BW. It doesn't mean that would be the best in it long-term though.

 

[killerfish]

thats back wards around here most wind up in freshwater no matter what they need others go to full marine when i told one guy that the puffers they were selling (green spotted) were brackish and he looked at me funny and thought i was trying to talk about brak from the cartoon called the brak show

 

[Fella]

I was under the impression that T. cutcutia, also known as the Seafrog puffer, can be found in light brackish salinities?

It is found in brackish water in the wild as well as fresh.

Also, Figure 8, t. biocellatus are freshwater, but in captivity folks seem to have more success with them in brackish water.


As for puffers and their adaptations to salinities, there are more puffers that are freshwater available rather than brackish here in the UK.