please help fish in need of rescue

[Bomag]

now then people bit of help please have kept pufferfish before brackish and fresh but have come accross a dragon puffer (so i am told) which needs rehoming subject to cramped conditions and one bad owner.

right i no it must be kept by himself and is nasty, wonder if anyone could help with any other information please as have looked else where to no avail wonder if i have been told the right name it looks likes the red eyed puffer a bit but like i say not a proper expert on puffers

many thanks guys before you even reply

 

[MAM]

i've never heard the common name dragon puffer. do you have a picture perhaps? then we can be sure what kind it is and help you take care of it

 

[Bomag]

sorry no picture yet as have not got him he looks like a red eyed puffer to me through he is about 3" long and most be 3 1/2 years old sorry if i sound a bit vague its just am not brilliant on puffers

hope this is of some use

 

[CFC]

Ive never heard of a dragon puffer either but it is a common thing for fish shops to give fish new names to make them more appealing. Im no expert on puffers but if it is a red eyed puffer Carinotetraodon lortedi then it is a FW fish and must be kept alone, care is the same as any other aggressive species of puffer.

 

[Bomag]

many thanks to you all for your help will wait and see if anyone else helps out tonight

like cfc said prob renamed

will go and see if i can give it a good home tomorrow subject to anymore replys that are given, as i have a nice tank he could have all to himself

cheers

 

[Pufferpack]

Try Carinotetraodon irrubesco. Close to the Lorteti (red eyed)

 

[Bomag]

thanks for you help guys have just found out what he is for sure he is a humpback puffer