Decent Size Pufferfish

[comeorigional_0]

Well im still interested in puffers with the amount of reasearch I did, but what would you guys do in my shoes? Look into a different kind of fish like a cichlid?

 

[AMS]

Which target puffer did you mean for brackish? I have a Tetraodon cochinchinensis (also known as the target puffer) and to me it is certainly a freshwater fish. I'm well aware there may well be another species under the same common name though!

Thanks for catching my mistake Fella. I meant to say "if you went brackish the topaz puffer would be another choice". Excuse me having a blonde day. Of the five species listed as "Target Puffers" I believe Tetraodon leiurus is the only puffer that inhabits slightly brackish water, similar to glassfish. Although it is highly reccomended that Tetraodon leiurus be kept in complete freshwater.

 

[pica_nuttalli]

If you'd be interested in a snakehead, why not check out the rainbow wolffish? They're rather attractive smaller fish. They also have a nice distinctive look.

Another problem with feeding puffers feeder fish only on occassion is that a lot of the puffers can be rather picky about what they'll eat. You may find that your puffer won't even look twice at a feeder--or worse, refuse to eat anything else. Since the vast majority of feeder fish are expensive, disease-ridden, and a poor source of nutrition, a puffer which categorically refuses to eat anything else is destined for ill things.