Breeding Dwarf Puffers

[bex1]

hey, just wondering is it possible to breed dwarf puffers in an aquariam, or are all the dwarf puffers for sale in fish shops wild caught?
thanks x x x

 

[willtang3000]

it can be done as soon as i find you the website its on i'll post it straight up here just searching for now

also hope you realise this is extremely hard and time consuming also what tanks etc do you plan to use

found the website but unfortunately its out of date or lost here it is if you have any luck
http/www.rr.iij4u.or.jp/~kohda/en/en-dwarfpuffer.htm

 

[bex1]

hey i dont know if im gonna breed them or not yet, i might do it as part of my college course, im studying zoology.
are most of the ones for sale in fish shops bred? or are they wild caught? i dont really want any if theyre wild caught as i dont really agree with it.
why is it so hard to breed them?
the link didnt work for me either!
cheers X

 

[nmonks]

It would make an interesting topic for a B.Sc. thesis project, but I suspect you will need to plan well ahead of time. It would be valuable because pufferfish have huge commercial value as food fish, and their meat is a high-value item, making them exactly the sort of thing that is attractive to aquaculturists. (Think: salmon, seabass, halibut, etc.)

They are also used in genomics work because they have the smallest genome of any vertebrate, making it easier to map the genes than, say, a human.

There are aquaculture experiments on Takifugu spp. puffers already, so do some research on that, if you need to sell the project to a supervisor. Otherwise, all the aquarium trade puffers are wild-caught. No-one has established a sure-fire method for breeding puffers, to the best of my knowledge.

Cheers,

Neale