Dogface puffer alternately known as the blackspotted puffer is a saltwater fish indigenous to the tropical waters of the pacific and the indian ocean. Just checking my options while the tank is still cycling thanks all.
How To Keep A Dogface Puffer
Their striking resemblance to canines alongside the dark or black spots on their body earns them the names dog face and blackspotted puffer respectively.
Dogface puffer tank mates. Dogface puffer tank mates. Best kept alone or in very large aquariums. Joined aug 2 2019 messages 10 reaction score 5 location south carolina.
As a voracious carnivore the dog face puffer will unabashedly devour small inverts but won t damage corals. Its circular slender lines are characteristic of its body. 72 0 78 0 f 22 2 25 6 c temperature.
These pufferfish like other puffers are dubbed aquatic dogs due to their close interaction with humans. Tank mates for dog face puffer. Dkn 8 00 12 00 alkalinity.
Oinkymcpiglie new member view badges. My husband and i are looking to buy a 240 gallon tank but have different opinions on what to keep in the tank. But as cute as they are they are not at all considered reef safe.
While it is not uncommon for this species to be a shy feeder at first especially if kept with more boisterous tank mates but it will soon become bold to the point where it can be hand fed. Mar 25 2002 1 would yellow tangs or any tang for that matter be a good tank mate for a dog face puffer and would a coral bauty be ok as well. This fish is known as dogface puffer arothron dogface puffer blackspotted puffer and the correct latin name is arothron nigropunctatus it belongs to the puffer family.
It s origin is indo pacific character and suggestions regarding care might be aggressive towards tankmates. The others are members of the arothron family and look similar but get much much bigger. 8 10 8 40 ph range.
Sg 1 020 1 025 specific gravity. Tagged users none aug 2 2019 1 o. There is only one kind of true dog face puffer and that is the black spot puffer.
100 gallons 455 litres minimum tank size. Start date mar 25 2002. Their hard teeth can easily bite through mollusk and clam shells.
The striped dogface puffer arothron manilensis features large expressive eyes and a sad looking small mouth. Nbsp it is best kept in a tank nbsp. As a voracious carnivore the striped dogface puffer.
The dogface puffer nbsp arothron nigropunctatus also known as the dog face puffer is a peaceful marine species that features large expressive eyes and a sad looking small mouth. These include puffers such as the narrow lined puffer manila puffer stars and stripes etc. Dogface puffers do best with other non aggressive community species and can even be kept with others of their own kind.
Dog face puffer common name. Start date aug 2 2019.
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