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for: Ceylon Puffer
Hi puffer-keepers
My Ceylon puffer
looks very like the photos on this site, except that the
spots run right
under its belly and fuse to make a dark ventral line. It's
kept in freshwater,
is about 2.5 inches long, and is the greediest fish
I've ever owned.
He lives on frozen bloodworm, and is not above taking a
bite out of my
hand when he gets the chance. I certainly wouldn't trust him
with anything other
than the plec that shares the tank, which is quite
capable of looking
after itself.
Brian Ward
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I had a beautiful ceylon puffer
that ended up nipping the tail fins of all
three of my scorpion
fish and killing two seba monos. I caught him chasing
the third sea mono
down. It also peeled (nipped all the skin off) a green
striped spiny eel
that I had. I soon took him back to the LFS and
got credit.
Kirk Lieberg
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I initially had 2 ceylon puffers
in a tank together. One was a lot lighter coloured and somewhat
larger than
the other- maybe this a difference between males and females I dont know?!.
Anyway,
it certainly
wasnt a match made in heaven, the darker specimin harassed the lighter
one to death!
So now there
is one. Alone this fish seems much more content. I do find it is
a very picky eater- it
tends to
go through food fads, so one minute will eat nothing but shrimp and the
next cant stand
the sight
of it?! I sympathise with Kirk - my puffer will actually elevate
itself out of the water to
reach my
fingers as I try to feed it!!
Amanda Green
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