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Tetraodon nigroviridis

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From: James
Date:01/12/2002

I got four of these brutes, from a less than knowledgeable clerk. They went threw four fresh water crabs in less than three hours. Only thing left were the main claw from each individual. They haven't bothered my lacetail or my red neon, or any of my bottom feeders. I am pumping them full of shrimp just to be sure.

From: Dustin
Date:01/12/2002

These fish are very cool. I had two of them and a much larger Ceylon Puffer. I kept them in a Brackish water tank, I feel they do much better in it. They all got along very well, until one passed away, and I think they nibbled on the one that died before I found it. They also ate off the beautiful fins of a male Betta. They sure can take care of themselves!!

From: Michael
Date:02/16/2002

I've had to teeny tiny green puffers for about a month. I have to feed them brine shrimp as they will not accept any dry food and it just rots on the bottom. They're funny little guys and will fill up on the shrimp and get chubby. I can't wait until they grow.

From: Diana
Date:02/20/2002

I have had a green puffer for 3 months now. Putter doesn't bother anybody. He's in with angels, silver dollars, discus and bala sharks. A friend got a figure 8 puffer who got bit so I ended up with him. They are the best of friends and totally non-aggressive. They eat flakes, shrimp pellets and dried bloodworms. I've never seen them "puff" but they sure get fat when they eat. Completely freshwater, they are quite active.

From: Richard
Date:03/05/2002

I have 2 puffers in my 75 gallon cichild tank. They seem to blend into the community well. They are seem to be curious about the world outside the tank and are the first to greet me when I come home, even thought they did kill 2 snails

From: Micah
Date:03/07/2002

Had about five in a tank--my favorite kind of fish!!! Had a situation where I needed to transfer a goldfish into my puffer tank for about a month or 2.--they lived VERY peacefully together. Never had a problem out of them. They remind me of hovering helicopters!! :)
Wanna get rid of your snail population? I couldn't KEEP a snail if I WANTED to!!! (perfect if you don't want snails)

From: Marcus
Date:03/15/2002

I've had one puffer in my tank now for about 3 weeks. He's one of the coolest fish I've ever owned. When I first got him he made his presence known to all by slowly and methodically beating the sh__ out of every fish I have!! Not an easy task, considering my smallest fish is about 5 times his size! I have 2 red devils 1 green terror 4 assorted Africans and one really mean albino tiger oscar. He almost killed him. I keep him very well fed now and he has not attacked since. If I had to discribe my puffer in 1 word...I'd have to say SCRAPPY!!!

From: Cindi
Date:03/21/2002

Friends gave us 2 puffers for our community tank. The first day, our parrot cichlid took care of one of them, but we got his body out of the tank before he was eaten. The remaining puffer, Small Fry, did nip at our betta's tail, and was regularly chased by the cichlid, so we isolated him in a guppy tank for a couple of weeks. When we let him go, he retreated to a bush for protection and did just fine. However, we took many tank decorations out this morning, and it was fun watching him dart around the tank. I went out shopping for a couple of hours, and when I came home, the cichlid was dead and Small Fry is gone. I don't know if the puffer was poisonous or if poor Pete (the Parrot) choked on him :(

From: Dan
Date:03/21/2002

This small puffer is in my 55 gal community tank with various species and sizes. I introduced two of these small puffer to search and destroy any pond snails that may have accidentally smuggled in on plants. So far they have done a very good job. After a week of being in the tank I haven't seen anymore snails. They seem to be keeping to themselves so far, although I did see one of them getting too close to my little ghost shrimp, maybe he was just curiuos.

From: Brian
Date:03/23/2002

I have had my puffer for 2 years. When we first put the puffer in the tank two tetras were killed within a few days. My wife made me return the remaining tetras and danios as she feared any further National Geographic shows in our tank. Ever since, puffer has lived peacefully with our bala shark and pictus catfish. He lets us know when he is hungry because we will see bite marks out of our Bala's fin. Now we make sure to feed him lots of blood worms (which he eats like spaghetti). He leaves Bala and Catfish alone as long as his stomach is full.

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