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Figure Eight Puffer
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Scientific Name(s): Tetraodon biocellatus
Category: Tropical
Difficulty:
Maximum Size: 8cms
Minimum Tank Volume: 60 litres
Minimum Tank Size: 24"
Water Temperature Range: 22-26°C
Water pH Range: 6.5-7.5
Water Hardness Range: 5-15 dGH
General Information: This is a very small freshwater species of puffer. Note : This is not a brackish water species, in the wild they live in freshwater rivers.
Tank Requirements: Current should be medium slow and cover should be provided to both break line of sight and allow territory.
Diet Requirements: Primary natural diet is specifically snails, and they are slightly omnivorous, some take blanched lettuce, though its a tiny percentage of the diet. Never flakes or floating food.
Compatibility: Can sometimes be kept as a shoal but they're not community fish. They're territorial preditors capable of tearing large chunks from most other fish with their powerful beaks
Recommendations: Catch these little fellas in a jug not a net so they stay in water the whole time.
Common Problems: Beak overgrowth causing inability to feed can happen if there is a lack of hard shelled food. They must not be exposed to air, sucking air can be very harmful. Puffing can be dangerous, dont encourage
Similar Species: Many puffers have very similar characteristics.
Sexing: it is not possible to determine the sex of these puffers by sight.
Breeding: Has been rumoured but unlikely.
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