New Puffers Today!

I feel like sharing my joy with everyone! Today we travelled up to York and I got a couple of lovely new puffers!

I was lucky enough to find a species that I don't have, and that is one off my "Puffer Wish List". It's Carinotetraodon salivator, or the Striped Red-Eye puffer. They only had 2 males left, but I took them both as the males are the more attractive sex.

They had a long journey, but have settled in nicely and have even eaten some bloodworm. For now they are in with my other redeye puffers, but I intend to keep a close watch to make sure there's no aggression that results in any injuries, either by the new puffers, or one of the other puffers to the new puffers.

I will have to work on getting some photos for this forum. I have tried posting in the past with no luck. I may need to resize some of my photos, but I think I just need to devote some time to actually doing it and getting them on here.

Anyway, I feel like it's Christmas with my new puffers. This particular species is difficult to find and when you can find them they are somewhat expensive. So I owe a big "thanks" to my husband for taking me to York (a long way from our home) and for not freaking out when the man at the LFS told him how much they were!

That is so awesome! Congratulations. I can't wait to see pics of them. I bet they are adorable.

They are strikingly beautiful! Stripes similar to a zebra, only a brownish-red with red eyes. Of course I believe I am partial to the Redeye puffers.

i don't know about this puffer.pls elaborate on this..

This is one of the Redeye puffer group. I now have 3 and as far as I am aware, there are only 4 wtih Redeyes, possibly 5 but I am not totally sure.
The Carinotetraodon salivator is a lovely little puffer, maximum size is about 2-inches, but can be quite chunky. When they are agitated they can change their colouring quite a bit. When they come up against another male, or are frightened, they can change to have stripes all over their body, but normally you only see the striping under the head, or near the gills. I took some pictures this morning, but they aren't very good. I never realise how dirty my aquarium glass is until I take some pictures, then you see every little watermark. I hope that you can get an idea of what he looks like by looking at this picture. If you have any more questions, feel free to ask.

Thanks for sharing the photo. How many aquariums and puffers do you have now?

I have 10 tanks (1 for my 3 Mudskippers). I have 54 puffers in all, consisting of 12 different species. I don't know why I feel so passionately about puffers ... maybe it's their abundance of character, they are unlike any fish I have ever had, and I've had lots in my lifetime. I've always been attracted to the "oddballs".

I agree. The puffers are fascinating, as are mud skippers.

looking great...i also search google..but in india i never see these puffers..

The only information I can find is that they are from East Asia .... nothing more specific, sorry. I think most of the nicest puffers come from the Asian waters.

in that picture you have puffers with Harlequin Rasboras, they are compatible??

if they are i would be SO happy!

The puffers that I have in this tank are indeed with Harlequin Rasboras, and they've never bothered the Rasboras at all. However, I would not say that other species of puffer would be compatible.

I heard that those were rare. In fact, we don't see puffers much in Florida. Congrats!

What part of Florida are you in, I'm from New Port Richey, up in Pasco County?

I live in South Florida, near the Miami area, or more specifically, in Lauderhill.