Freshwater Puffers

[bm0589]

in canada i have seen freshwater puffer fish in many aquarium shops....but no one here in australia stocks them are they illegal or something!?!?!?!? i just love them!!!!!! and i wish i could have one but no one here seems to know what the deal is....

 

[nmonks]

There are restrictions on what tropical fish can be imported into Australia. On the other hand, Australia has some outstanding native species, including some lovely pufferfish, so if you're prepared to make the effort to get in touch with ANGFA, you can set about collecting and keeping some outstanding brackish and saltwater puffers most of us never get to see!

For the life of me, I can't understand why anyone in Australia would be doing anything other than keeping native fish. The range of fish species is astonishing. Do read Bruce Hansen's excellent chapter on Australian brackish water fishes in my book to get some ideas.

Cheers, Neale