Surge of Large Puffers in the Socal mkt..

[Fishgeek]

a lot of lfs in socal area are starting to carry some of the largest puffers widely available.. i think they were green spotted puffer or something along those lines.... all in the 5" plus range... pretty cool...

 

[froggyman]

whats sad is lots of time people buy a puffer and harrass it just so it will puff which can kill the poor little fish. BTW how much were they and did you pick any up

 

[piranha45]

green spotted puffers aren't that big, and they require brackish-to-salt water to do well. My lfs has them all the time, and I live in quite possibly the most fish-depraved large city in the US.

 

[pufferking]

green spotted puffers can get over 6 inches

 

[piranha45]

yeah and fahakas can get over 16", and mbus can get over 24".

 

[froggyman]

yeah and fahakas can get over 16", and mbus can get over 24".

I was gonna point that out too piranha my fahaka is 17'' now!

 

[Fishgeek]

nah i didn't pick any up but depending on the fish store you go to the can be $20-30

 

[guppy]

Has anyone tried Bazilian Freshwater puffers? According to Axelrod they don,t need saltand only get to 6". Colomesus asellus. How about aussie Freshwater Morays (Gymnothorax polyuranadon) 28"?

 

[pufferking]

The morays will need brackish water the brazillians on the other hand dont need salt however ikeep mine witha good amount of salt due too the fact that they seem to get oodinium very easily scince i have raised my salinity they never get it anymore.

 

[groovitudedude]

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