What puffer is this?

[J. H.]

Hi Everyone, found someone in Canada who can get them, they're only available july and august apparently... hoping to learn a bit more and hopefully grab one or two puffers next summer!

Is it easy for a seller to sex these things? if i could get a male and female would definitely be nice (hope to breed them...) buying a group of these is sadly not an option due to the cost

Come on, you have a whole year to get rich!

 

[simko]

Come on, you have a whole year to get rich!

Ha!
Maybe ill start a little piggy bank to fund the fish
i found one source that says males have a higher contrast pattern and longer snout than females...theres so litle information on these fish not sure that info is correct...

anyone know the lifespan on these?

 

[Hendre]

Ha!
Maybe ill start a little piggy bank to fund the fish
i found one source that says males have a higher contrast pattern and longer snout than females...theres so litle information on these fish not sure that info is correct...

anyone know the lifespan on these?

Probably a few years at least

 

[magpie]

From what I've read they're hard to sex.

Good luck! You should go for it. We need more of these great puffers in the trade.

 

[lobowind]

Hi Everyone, found someone in Canada who can get them, they're only available july and august apparently... hoping to learn a bit more and hopefully grab one or two puffers next summer!

Is it easy for a seller to sex these things? if i could get a male and female would definitely be nice (hope to breed them...) buying a group of these is sadly not an option due to the cost

Unfortunately, you can't really sex them. I have a trio, and I'll just have to wait and see if I have different sexes from their behavior.

 

[lobowind]

Sometimes I think one has a longer snout than the other two, but that one is also a physically larger fish. I think it's too difficult to tell, and that's with them right next to each other.