Green Spotted Puffer
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Scientific Name: tetraodon fluviatilis Price: Upon Request Origin: East Asia Family: Tetraodon NOT AVAILABLE NOW |
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Other Names: Spotted puffer / pufferfish |
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Technical Info
Temperature: 24 - 28 ℃
pH: 6.8 - 7.2
GH: 6 - 10
Max size: 15 cm
Min Tank size: 100 Ltr
Position in Aqua: No special swimming level
Description
The Spotted Green Puffer has a stout rounded body shape with small spines. The face is very cute, having a smallish mouth topped by slightly bulging eyes and a broad forehead . Like many of the pufferfish, the coloring of the Spotted Green Puffer can vary. The adult is a beautiful rich green on top with dark spots and a whitish belly. In juveniles the green is less colorful
Food
Puffers eat crustaceans in the wild. Foods for smaller puffers are frozen/freeze-dried krill/plankton, gut-loaded ghost shrimp, glass worms, crickets, worms and small snails (the size of their eye). Snails are an essential food to a puffer's diet, especially when small.
Breeding
Has not been bred commercially in captivity, but possibly bred successfully by hobbyists. Research indicates that the female will lay approximately 200 eggs on a smooth, protected surface. They are also known to guard the nest, notably the male.
Note
Puffers are messy eaters and high waste producers. Extra filtration is necessary for these dirty fish. Immaculate aquarium upkeep is a must. Algae growth also needs to be removed by the fish keeper.