Puffer ID help

[Seth627]

so my wife came home with a baby puffer today because she said it was too adorable to leave at the store. She got it from a chain store and the worker said he wasn’t sure what exactly it is but thought it is a GSP. I’m thinking it is a dwarf puffer but I truthfully don’t know. I have a GSP now but got it as a juvenile so never saw it this small. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

[kno4te]

Fat Homer

 

[Fat Homer]

Good guess, i'd say judging by that photo alone its a dwarf too...

 

[tlindsey]

If it's about 1 inch or so possibly a pea puffer.

 

[Hendre]

That looks like a regular dwarf puffer to me as well

 

[Seth627]

So the photo is super zoomed in. The little puffer is probably about half an inch. Body is smaller than a dime. I don’t know if that confirms dwarf or means it’s young enough to be hard to tell, but just providing all the details. I appreciate all the feedback!

 

[Fat Homer]

99.9% sure its a dwarf based on pattern and color, unless it grows to 2' long then i'd be stumped lol..

 

[Seth627]

Good to know. Being so small do I need to do anything different as far as quarantine treatment? It’s in a quarantine tank, but I threw some plants and rocks in because it just looked so sad in a bare tank, hence the leaves in the photo.

 

[tlindsey]

Good to know. Being so small do I need to do anything different as far as quarantine treatment? It’s in a quarantine tank, but I threw some plants and rocks in because it just looked so sad in a bare tank, hence the leaves in the photo.

Is it in a aquarium by itself ? If so it should be fine don't put anything bigger than the little puffer may small Tera like Neon's. Also Pea Puffer are totally freshwater .


http://www.tfhmagazine.com/details/articles/the-dwarf-puffer-a-pleasant-little-surprise.htm

 

[Seth627]

Yea I knew that part I just didn’t know if since it’s so small I should cut meds in half or something.